EchoStar beats Forgent's patent suit, makes chumps out of DirecTV et al.

EchoStar's just making everybody else look bad. After DirecTV and the cable companies caved to Forgent's patent demands and setteled out of court to the tune of $28 million, EchoStar (Dish Network's parent company) has bested Forgent in court, and a judge yesterday denied Forgent a new trial. EchoStar is getting $90k for its trouble. This follows a jury verdict in May which invalidated Forgent's patent, which pertained to digital video recorders.

[jul644 Posted Aug 10th 2007 8:53PM]

omg haha i love dishnet work just becuase im stealing it for free hahah

[sivartk Posted Aug 11th 2007 12:42AM]

I guess it is time to sell the stock (100 shares should net me $75 after fees) that I stupidly purchased in the 3 years I was an employee at Forgent (I got laid off before they started suing everyone, however).

[MasterCKO Posted Aug 13th 2007 2:34PM]

Take that, patent farmers!