A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Tyler returned a defense verdict in favor of EchoStar Communications Corp. in the patent infringement suit that Austin, Texas-based Forgent Networks Inc. filed almost two years ago.

The jury’s May 21 verdict for EchoStar, headquartered in Littleton, Colo., came after Forgent reached settlements with other defendants in Forgent Networks Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp., et al.