Following yesterday’s ruling in favor of TiVo regarding EchoStar’s violation of their patents, DISH Network Corporation issued the following statement:

We are pleased the Federal Circuit found for us on Tivo’s hardware claims, but are disappointed in the Federal Circuit’s decision on the software claims. The decision, however, will have no effect on our current or future customers because EchoStar’s engineers have developed and deployed ‘next-generation’ DVR software to our customers’ DVRs. This improved software is fully operational, has been automatically downloaded to current customers, and does not infringe the Tivo patent at issue in the Federal Circuit’s ruling.

All DISH Network customers can continue to use their DVRs without any interruption or changes to the award-winning DVR features and services provided by DISH Network.

We intend to appeal the Federal Circuit’s ruling affirming the $94 million jury verdict.

Though it seems that TiVo doesn’t agree with DISH’s assessment regarding the injunction, based on a comment quoted by CNNMoney.com:

“EchoStar has made a series of statements over the years related to the infringement of the TiVo patents that turned out to be both false and misleading,” the company said in a statement. “At this point it doesn’t really matter what EchoStar says by way of further self-serving statements. It matters what the courts say – and the courts have spoken.”

TiVo’s law firm Irell & Manella LLP also took the opportunity to tout their roll in the ruling in a press release:
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