Dish Wins Stay in TiVo Patent Dispute

Early this morning, TiVo (TIVO 9.37, -1.40) announced that U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted the request of EchoStar and its related companies to stay the contempt order imposed by the U.S. District Court pending the outcome of EchoStar's appeal.

TiVo accuses Dish Network (DISH 16.02, -0.46) of infringing on its DVR patent, but the court ruling granted a stay on a contempt order that would have forced Dish Network and Echo Star to disable Dish DVRs.