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EU Parliament rejects telecom reform package

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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European Union
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May 8 2009

In a surprise development, the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday rejected a wide-ranging overhaul of European Union (EU) telecom rules as EP members deadlocked on a late amendment that would have limited the prosecution of EU web users who illegally download copyrighted material

Court imposes additional sanctions in TiVo-Echostar case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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September 11 2009

In the latest development in TiVo’s long-running patent battle against EchoStar, a Texas district court ordered EchoStar to pay TiVo $200 million in contempt sanctions that stem from EchoStar’s alleged failure to devise digital video recorder (DVR) technology workarounds that comply with previous rulings prohibiting the unauthorized use of TiVo "time warp" patents in DVRs sold to DISH Network customers

TiVO awarded additional $103 million in patent dispute

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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June 5 2009

A federal district court judge in Texas has rejected DISH Network’s technical workaround of digital video recorder (DVR) patents held by TiVO, ordering full enforcement of an earlier injunction against the unauthorized usage of TiVO technology in DISH DVR products, and awarding TiVO an additional $103 million in damages

Nokia expands patent claims against Apple

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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December 31 2009

Two months after launching a patent infringement suit against Apple regarding the iPhone, Finnish wireless handset maker Nokia filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that accuses Apple of infringing Nokia patents in “virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers.”

House committee approves amended bill on broadcast performance royalties

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 22 2009

Over the objections of broadcasters, members of the House Judiciary Committee voted 21-9 to adopt an amended version of a bill that would require radio station licensees to pay royalties to artists and copyright owners in exchange for airing their songs

Supreme Court refuses to hear Cablevision DVR case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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July 2 2009

Cablevision and, potentially, the rest of the U.S. cable industry was handed a major victory Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to consider a broadcast industry appeal of a Second Circuit court ruling that affirmed the legality of Cablevision’s proposed network digital video recording (DVR) system

DISH wins stay of TiVO patent injunction

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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July 10 2009

One month after being told by a Texas federal district court that it had 30 days to disable digital video recorders (DVRs) that continue to violate patents held by TiVO, Inc., DISH Network won at least a temporary reprieve as the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the lower court’s injunction upon concluding that DISH had demonstrated “it has a substantial case on the merits.”

Webcasters, SoundExchange reach royalty resolution

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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July 10 2009

Capping two years of negotiations, several "pureplay" webcasters struck a revenue sharing agreement with SoundExchange on Tuesday that observers say will ensure the survival of Internet radio broadcasters that had been threatened with a potentially crippling increase in royalty fees set by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB

Senate jobs bill would also extend satellite retransmission rights

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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February 12 2010

Retransmission rights last granted to the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) industry five years ago would be extended through December 31, 2014 under the draft jobs bill released yesterday by the leaders of the Senate Finance Committee

Dish granted en banc rehearing in TiVO patent case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 21 2010

DISH Network and its sister company EchoStar won new hope in their long-running legal battle against TiVO, Inc as the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals granted DISH's request for en banc rehearing of a recent Federal Circuit panel ruling upholding an injunction against DISH's usage of DVR "time warp" patents developed by TiVO