Dish Network Granted Stay In TiVo Ruling

DEBORAH YAO

Dish Network Corp. said Wednesday that a federal appeals court has temporarily set aside a lower court's ruling that favored TiVo Inc. in a long-running patent infringement lawsuit between the two companies.

On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas found Dish to be in contempt of a permanent injunction on TiVo's digital video recorder Time Warp technology, which lets viewers pause, rewind and fast-forward live shows. Judge David Folsom ordered Dish to pay TiVo $103 million plus interest in damages.

But the appellate court in Washington stayed the ruling, pending an appeal by Dish. The satellite TV provider said it has "strong grounds" for an appeal and customers can continue using their DVRs. ...