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TiVo was dealt a setback Wednesday in a patent lawsuit against Douglas County-based Dish Network Corp. and its sister company, EchoStar Corp.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled that the re-examination of TiVo’s patent — which is the subject of the litigation — may continue.
TiVo had asked the agency to vacate Dish’s request to look anew at the patent.
TiVo sued Dish in 2004, alleging that it had infringed on its DVR technology. Dish lost.
While the case was being appealed, Dish designed modified software that it downloaded to customers’ DVRs. But TiVo said the workaround software still infringed on its patent and asked the district court for a permanent injunction.
TiVo prevailed, but Dish appealed the ruling.
