EchoStar Pauses TiVo's Stop Order

In a case that could reverberate through the pay TV industry, EchoStar on Wednesday appealed a judge’s decision that its software workaround still infringes patents held by TiVo.

Also Wednesday, EchoStar bought time on an order issued a day earlier that it must, within 30 days, disable more than 4 million DVRs used by customers of Dish Network, its sister company. EchoStar asked for and received a temporary stay of the order, gaining yet another reprieve in a case that has dragged on more than five years.

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