Dish scored another legal victory against Fox over the Hopper's ability to automatically skip commercials.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Friday unanimously turned down Fox's petition to rehear the case before the full court, upholding a ruling in July that declined to grant Fox a preliminary injunction against the Hopper.
The Hopper, which allows Dish subscribers to easily skip prime-time commercials, has broadcasters up in arms. Fox is just one of the broadcasters suing Dish for devising what they call an unlicensed, unauthorized service that infringes on copyright and breaches existing contracts.
Dish's evp and general counsel Stanton Dodge called the ruling a "victory for Amrican consumers….
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