The Hurt Keeps Coming: Dish And EchoStar Ordered To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million
September 04, 2009 at 16:18 PM EDT
The battle between Dish and TiVo rages on. As reported by Bloomberg , a judge has ruled that Dish and EchoStar must pay TiVo around $200 million for continuing to provide DVR service to its customers after being told to stop because it was violating TiVo's patents. Dish and EchoStar plan to appeal the ruling. The new ruling brings Dish and EchoStar's total payments to TiVo to around $400 million in damages and other fees after a five year legal battle. In this latest round, Dish and EchoStar say they tried to work around TiVo's patents, but a judge ruled that they had failed to do so. The $200 million figure is based on a $2.25 per month royalty for every Dish DVR user, extending from April 2008, when an appeals court reaffirmed TiVo's patent, to July 1 2009. TechCrunch50 Conference 2009 : September 14-15, 2009, San Francisco
