ClearPlay v. Dish Network LLC et al

  1. February 01, 2024

    ClearPlay Takes Shots At Dish's $6M Fee Bid In IP Fight

    ClearPlay's counsel is fighting back against a $6 million legal fees request from Baker Botts LLP, which defended Dish in the video-editing service's patent suit against the network, telling a Utah federal court the amount was "patently unreasonable" and chalked up the request as a "big firm bullying tactic."

  2. December 20, 2023

    Baker Botts Wants $6M From Foley Lardner In Dish Case

    Baker Botts LLP lawyers who persuaded a Utah federal judge to overturn his own jury's nearly $470 million patent verdict against Dish have asked him to order the losing lawyers at Foley & Lardner LLP to pay them more than $6 million in legal fees, saying they need to be punished for "vexatious" conduct.

  3. December 19, 2023

    The Top Patent Damages Awards Of 2023

    While 2023 didn’t feature any of the blockbuster verdicts that had become the norm in recent years, the number of patent trials jumped as the COVID-19 bottleneck broke, and multiple juries came back with nine-figure verdicts. Here are the top damages awards from 2023.

  4. December 12, 2023

    Dish Prevails In 'Revisionist' Retrial Bid Over $470M IP Verdict

    A Utah federal judge on Tuesday refused to reconsider his decision tossing a nearly $470 million jury verdict against Dish Network LLC in patent litigation over technology used to edit out sex and swearing from movies, ruling that rival ClearPlay had painted an "incorrect" and "revisionist" picture of the case.

  5. June 02, 2023

    Judge Lays Out Why He Erased $470M IP Verdict Against Dish

    A Utah federal judge has explained exactly why he tossed a nearly $470 million jury verdict against Dish Network LLC in patent litigation over technology used to edit out sex and swearing from movies, revealing that Dish actually should've been cleared from the infringement claims right after the patent owner presented its "case-in-chief" during trial.

  6. March 21, 2023

    $470M Patent Verdict Against Dish Wiped Out By Judge

    A Utah federal judge on Tuesday negated a nearly $470 million patent infringement verdict against Dish Network, ruling that the television provider does not infringe ClearPlay's patents on technology to edit out sex and swearing from movies.

  7. March 10, 2023

    Jury Says Dish Owes $470M For Infringing Censor Patents

    A company that developed a program used to edit out sex and swearing from movies convinced a federal jury in Utah on Friday that Dish Network owes almost $470 million for infringing patents to make the cable giant's "autohop" feature.

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