Judge Blocks Judge -- DISH PVRs Are Go, For Now
In a sudden twist of events, a Washington D.C. court has allowed the continued use of DISH PVRs, sold by EchoStar Communications.
"We are pleased that this morning, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked an injunction issued by a Texas Court, while it considers a longer-term stay of that injunction," EchoStar said in a statement.
The ruling was the latest in an ongoing battle between TiVo, one of earlist companies to design personal video recorders, now called digital video recorders or DVRS.
"As a result of the stay EchoStar can continue to sell, and provide to consumers, all of its digital video recorder models," EchoStar added. "We continue to believe the Texas decision was wrong, and should be reversed on appeal. We also continue to work on modifications to our new DVRs, and to our DVRs in the field, intended to avoid future alleged infringement."
Earlier Friday, a Texas court had ruled that EchoStar was forbidden to sell its DP-501, DP-508, DP-510, DP-721, DP-921, DP-522, DP-625, and DP-942 DVRs, and that customers would be forbidden to use them within 30 days of the ruling. The Texas court also awarded TiVo $73,992 million in damages as awarded by the jury, and roughly $16 million in additional damages and costs, for a total of about $90 million.
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