TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Corp.

TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Corp.
TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Corp.
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Full case name	TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Corporation, EchoStar Dbs Corporation, EchoStar Technologies Corporation, EchoSphere Limited Liability Company, EchoStar Satellite LLC, and Dish Network Corporation
Decided	April 20, 2011
Citation(s)	646 F.3d 869; 98 U.S.P.Q.2d 1413
Case history
Prior history	516 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2008); 640 F. Supp. 2d 853 (E.D. Tex. 2009); 655 F. Supp. 2d 661 (E.D. Tex. 2009); 597 F.3d 1247 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	William Curtis Bryson, Timothy B. Dyk, Arthur J. Gajarsa, Richard Linn, Alan David Lourie, Haldane Robert Mayer, Kimberly Ann Moore, Pauline Newman, Kathleen M. O'Malley, Sharon Prost, Randall Ray Rader, Jimmie V. Reyna (en banc)
Case opinions
Majority	Lourie, joined by Newman, Mayer, Bryson, Moore, O'Malley, Reyna
Concur/dissent	Dyk, joined by Rader, Gajarsa, Linn, Prost

TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Corp. is a case stretching from 2004 to 2011, which took place in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. TiVo Inc. sued EchoStar Corp. claiming patent infringement of a DVR technology. The issues addressed during litigation included patent infringement, wording of injunctions, infringing product redesign, contempt of court orders, and contempt sanctions. Ultimately, the court held that EchoStar Corp. had indeed infringed TiVo Inc's patent and was in contempt of court for noncompliance of an injunction. The parties reached a settlement wherein EchoStar Corp. paid TiVo Inc. a licensing fee. Further, the court replaced the established contempt test with a single step test. The simplified test makes it more difficult for patent holders to prove contempt as a result of repeat infringement.