PATENT OFFICE
ADDS MORE DRAMA TO TIVO-ECHOSTAR DISPUTE
WASHINGTON—After
a federal appeals court provided one twist last month by agreeing
to rehear EchoStar Corp.-Dish Network Inc.’s appeal in its
long-running litigation with TiVo Inc., the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office provided yet another turn this month by issuing an order
upholding the preliminary ruling it made last August rejecting
two of TiVo’s patent claims for its so-called “Time
Warp” patent.
DISH NETWORK,
DIRECTV DUEL OVER FREE HD
Dish
Network Inc. and DirecTv took their inter-industry game of attempted
one-upmanship to a new level by launching dueling “Free
HD for Life” offers.
DIRECTV, MALONE
SEAL DEAL; WHITE NAMED CHAIRMAN
DirecTv
Inc. took its final step June 16 into becoming a truly independent
company for the first time in its history when the DBS service
completed the transaction that resulted in Liberty Media Corp.
Chairman John Malone stepping down as DirecTv chairman and reducing
his voting control in the company from 24.3 percent to 3 percent.
ECHOSTAR,
TIVO GET NOVEMBER REHEARING DATE
WASHINGTON—In
a move that means a decision likely will not come until at least
early next year, a federal appeals court circled Nov. 9 as the
date lawyers for EchoStar Corp.-Dish Network Inc. and TiVo Inc.
will square off in oral arguments in the latest round of TiVo’s
long-running patent litigation against the satellite firms.
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