Dish Network wins stay of contempt order in TiVo case - Denver Business Journal:

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“We are pleased that the Federal Appeald Court in Washington temporarily stayed thedistrict court’s ordert in the Tivo litigation,” said Dish Networki in a written statement. “Dish Network customerse can continue usingtheir DVRs. We believe that we have stronfg groundsfor appeal.” A jury in an east Texas U.S. Distric Court found in 2006 that DVR software in DishNetworkj set-top boxes violated patents of Calif.-based TiVo covering DVR playback like the ability to pause and rewinr live programming while the DVR continues to record. Dish Networm reprogrammed millions of its DVRs after the verdict with a it said removed anyinfringing software.
But TiVo claimefd Dish Network’s software “workaround” continue the old patent violation and succeeded Tuesday in winning the contempt verdict from the Texas The contempt order upped the previouse financial penalty to Dish Networkby $103 million. The contemp t order listed total damages and interestt award due to TiVoat $192.6 million. That total includes $105 million Dish Networok alreadyhas paid. It has anothee $27 million in escrow for TiVo, according to Securitie s & Exchange Commission filings.