[Satellite TODAY 02-10-11] A U.S. District Court lifted its stay of a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Dish Network and EchoStar Corp. against TiVo over personal video recording technology, the companies announced Feb. 9.
    The ruling is the latest development in a lawsuit that has spanned more than five years. EchoStar filed its initial lawsuit against TiVo in 2005 over four patents it acquired from IBM. In 2006, a jury found Dish and EchoStar liable for infringing TiVo’s patent when they began making their own set-top boxes. EchoStar relies on its sister company Dish Network, which has taken the primary role in the lawsuit, for most of its business.
    The dispute over a judge’s decision to hold Dish and EchoStar in contempt for using similar technology that still violated an injunction is still being worked out, the companies said.
    “We are pleased that the court granted our motion to lift the stay in our patent infringement action against Tivo. We look forward to the trial,” Dish Network said in a statement.