In a case beginning Wednesday, a Texas jury will be asked to decide whether EchoStar Communications stole technology that lets TiVo users skip television commercials. By suing EchoStar in East Texas, TiVo lawyers picked an area considered kind to plaintiffs. "The David-versus-Goliath strategy may play very well in a courtroom like this," said Brian Coyne, an analyst with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. who has followed the case closely. Testimony in the case is likely to be highly technical.
March 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In a case beginning this week, a Texas jury will be asked to decide whether satellite-TV giant EchoStar Communications Corp. stole TiVo Inc.’s technology that lets viewers skip the commercials.
TiVo claims that EchoStar, which operates the Dish satellite network, violated TiVo’s patent on technology used to record one program while playing back another. TiVo is seeking unspecified damages.
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