Judge Wipes Out Dish’s $469 Million Loss After DVR Patent Trial

A federal judge Tuesday tossed a nearly half a billion verdict against Dish Network LLC entered by a jury less than two weeks earlier.

Judge David Nuffer granted Dish’s motion seeking a judgment as a matter of law that was filed midway through trial.

ClearPlay had argued that Dish stole its patented technology for Dish’s Hopper DVR product, which was marketed as letting consumers “instantly skip commercials.”

At the end of the two-week trial in the US District Court for the District of Utah, jurors determined that Dish owed ClearPlay $469 million for infringing US Patent Nos. 7,577,970 and 6,898,799. ...