When I wrote the last blog entry, TiVo was in a pretty enviable position: they had an injunction in place. Well, Echostar managed to pull that down, at least for a while. From the latest TiVo press release:
The company said, “We are very pleased by recent developments involving the issuance of a permanent injunction in our patent case against EchoStar by the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas. The court of appeals temporarily stayed the district court injunction until it reviews the papers submitted by the parties and decides whether a stay should or should not be in effect for the duration of the appeals process. The court stated that the temporary stay is not based on a consideration of the merits of EchoStar’s request, and is entered to preserve the status quo while the court considers the parties’ papers.”
Certainly, more back and forth to come.