Video Of The Day: TiVo Wins Court Battle Against EchoStar

Keep in mind that the first video was produced before EchoStar won a stay. In any case, it looks likely that TiVo will eventually win this case once all the legal wranglings are over with.

TiVo Stock Soars As EchoStar Is Ordered To Pay TiVo An Additional $103 Million

Update 06/03 @ 8:48PM: EchoStar has won a stay.  It looks like this dispute will continue for some time…

TiVo’s stock has skyrocketed (up 50%+) on news that Echostar has been ordered to pay TiVo an additional $103 Million for infringing upon TiVo’s “Time Warp” patent.  EchoStar still has the option to appeal the ruling however, [...]

EchoStar & DISH To Pay TiVo $104 Million

Earlier today the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review DISH’s long standing patent dispute with TiVo.  As a result, DISH has agreed to pay TiVo $104 million!  Here’s the statement that DISH released earlier today:

As expected, the Supreme Court denied our petition for certiorari today.

The Supreme Court’s decision, however, does not impact our software design-around, [...]

U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules In Favor Of TiVo

I don’t have a lot of time to elaborate on this news however, I thought I should at least mention it since it is a big deal….

Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor (PDF) of TiVo in their patent lawsuit against EchoStar. Dave Zatz was first to break the news and [...]

Sorry I Haven’t Said Much Lately

I’ve been extremely busy lately working on my bathroom and other important stuff. That being said, there has been a lot of important TiVo that I haven’t had time to cover.

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EchoStar Agrees To Pay TiVo 100 Million?

Correction (08/28 @ 10:07PM EST): It looks like the news on WSJ really is referring to the $100 million that EchoStar agreed to pay over the retransmission of distant TV stations to subscribers. Sorry for getting everybody excited . Thanks Dave for clarifying this.

According to the WSJ (requires login), EchoStar has [...]

More On TiVo Vs. EchoStar (Round 88)

I’ve been away from TiVo news for only one day and in that day, a lot has happened.  Fortunately, several other sites haven’t taken a break and they’ve done a good job covering the news.

Just yesterday, TiVo won an injunction against EchoStar which stated that EchoStar is required to disable their DVR functionality and give [...]

TiVo’s First Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Thomas Hawk has done a nice job reporting on yesterday’s earnings conference call.  According to the Tom, the overall tone of the call was anti-Echostar.   During the call, CEO Tom Rogers talked more about the injunction that TiVo is seeking against Echostar and what it really means. In addition to Echostar news, TiVo also talked [...]

TiVo Awarded $73 Million In Its Patent Dispute Against EchoStar!

According to the Associated Press, TiVo has been awarded $73 million in its patent dispute against EchoStar. Several analysts had said that this was a life or death case for TiVo. The stock market has acted according bringing TiVo’s stock price up nearly 20% to $9.65.

Congratulations TiVo! I’m sure there will be [...]

Update On TiVo Vs. EchoStar

MarshallNewsMessenger.com has done a wonderful job covering the TiVo vs. EchoStar case. Here’s a snippet from what was published today:

After nine days of mind-boggling technical testimony, both sides rested Tuesday in TiVo Inc.’s patent infringement lawsuit against EchoStar Communications Corp., owner of Dish Network.

U. S. District Judge David Folsom dismissed the five-man, five-woman jury [...]