Tivo Wins In Echostar Lawsuit Appeal

By Mark Raby, published on January 31, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: , | Themes: Business, Digital Entertainment
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Washington (DC) - A federal court has confirmed that cable provider Echostar infringed on Tivo’s copyrights and must pay more than $90 million in damages.

Tivo had previously won its case in an earlier court ruling but Echostar appealed it to a court that specializes in patent lawsuits. The court upheld the decision.

As a result, Echostar will be prohibited from selling its own digital video recorders as they are now. Echostar said it already has a comparable substitute and therefore existing DVR subscribers will be unaffected.

Echostar also must pay $94 million in damages. $73,991,964 of that is the court’s actual ruling and the rest is interest.

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