Stay Issued on EchoStar’s Countersuit Against TiVo

August 28, 2006 World Screen

ALVISO, August 28: A Texas
District Court has issued a stay on EchoStar’s patent infringement suit against
DVR pioneer TiVo and electronics company Humax USA.

The stay, issued July 14
and now final, is in effect until the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
re-examines three patents at the center of the dispute.

In a statement, TiVo said
it was “pleased” with the ruling, noting, “TiVo will continue to defend its
technology vigorously and will not be intimidated by claims such as those
EchoStar asserted against TiVo—claims EchoStar asserted in response to
TiVo's successful suit against EchoStar. As the jury found on April 13, 2006 in
TiVo's suit against EchoStar, EchoStar willfully infringed TiVo's pioneering
time warping patent. TiVo will continue to vigorously pursue its rights in that
case."