Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.
Federal Circuit to Hear EchoStar Appeal En Banc
On May 14, 2010 the Federal Circuit granted Defendants-Appellants EchoStar Corporation, et al.'s petition for rehearing en banc, vacated its March 4, 2010 opinion affirming a district court's decision finding EchoStar in contempt of the court's permanent injunction order, 597 F.3d 1247 (Fed. Cir. 2010), and requested that the parties file new briefs addressing the following issues:
The case originated in 2004 when Tivo sued EchoStar in the U.S. District Court for the Easter District of Texas, alleging that EchoStar's DVR receivers infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,233,389. Following a jury finding of infringement, the district court entered judgment on the verdict and issued a permanent injunction against EchoStar ordering it to: 1) stop making, using, offering to sell, and selling the receivers that had been found to infringe by the jury, and 2) disable the DVR functionality in existing receivers that had not already been placed with subscribers. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed the liability findings with respect to some of the claims and noted that the permanent injunction would take effect following the court's decision. Tivo then moved the district court to find EchoStar in contempt of the court's permanent injunction based on its sale of redesigned DVR receivers. After a series of hearings, the district court held EchoStar in contempt and imposed sanctions of nearly $90 million, rejecting EchoStar's argument that the redesigned receivers were more than colorably different from the adjudged infringing devices.
ENJOY UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THE SINGLE SOURCE OF OBJECTIVE LEGAL ANALYSIS, PRACTICAL INSIGHTS, AND NEWS IN ENTERTAINMENT LAW.
Already a have an account? Sign In Now Log In Now
For enterprise-wide or corporate acess, please contact Customer Service at [email protected] or 877-256-2473
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.