February 01, 2024
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."
December 20, 2023
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.
December 19, 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.
December 12, 2023
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.
June 02, 2023
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.
March 21, 2023
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.
March 10, 2023
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.