Judge Overturns $469 Million Verdict Against Dish Network in Patent Dispute

A Utah federal judge on Tuesday overturned a jury’s verdict that Dish Network LLC must pay $469 million to parental-control technology maker ClearPlay Inc. for infringing two patents related to filtering material from streaming video.

U.S. District Judge David Nuffer reversed the jury’s finding that Dish’s AutoHop commercial-skipping feature violated ClearPlay’s patent rights less than two weeks after the March 10 verdict, according to the court’s docket.

A Dish spokesperson said the company “has stood firm in its belief that it did not infringe ClearPlay’s patents, and is gratified by the Court’s ruling.” Representatives for ClearPlay did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the decision.

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