TiVo Awarded Another $200 Mln in EchoStar Patent Suit

By Geoff Duncan
September 07, 2009

TiVo has been awarded another $200 million in damages in its long-running patent infringement suit with EchoStar, bringing the total to over $400 million.

Just how much is DVR functionality worth? For EchoStar and corporate parent Dish Network, the answer may be more than $400 million: A U.S. District Court has awarded TiVO another $200 million in damages in the company's long-running patent infringement suit with EchoStar, bringing the total damages assessed against the satellite TV operator to around $400 million—and that's not counting lawyers' fees. The amount works out to about $2.25 per month per EchoStar DVR subscriber—although maybe EchoStar is counting itself lucky, since TiVo was seeking $1 billion in penalties.

EchoStar and Dish Networks are appealing the patent infringement decision, and are looking to have TiVo's patent declared invalid. The companies will also appeal this latest ruling.

In issuing the penalty, U.S. District Court Judge ...

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