Appeals Court Blocks Injunction on EchoStar
A federal appeals court temporarily blocked a trial judge’s order that EchoStar Communications Corp., parent of the Dish satellite-TV service, disable more than 3 million digital video recorders.
The appeals court blocked an injunction issued Thursday by a federal district judge in Texarkana, Ark. The injunction stemmed from a jury decision in April that EchoStar infringed Alviso, Calif.-based TiVo Inc.’s patent for “time-warp” technology: the ability to record a live TV program while playing another.
The federal court judge also increased the damages EchoStar should pay to $89.6 million from the jury’s verdict of $74 million.
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