Forgent Networks Inc. settled a lawsuit with nine of the 15 companies involved in a patent infringement suit. Forgent is getting $20 million and struck licensing deals from the nine companies, which include Cable One Inc.; Charter Communications Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Comcast STB Software DVR LLC; Cox Communications Inc.; Digeo Inc.; Motorola Inc.; Scientific-Atlanta Inc.; and Time Warner Cable Inc. Forgent says all parties agreed to release claims against each other. In July 2005, Forgent sued 15 companies defending its "746" patent, which relates to technology for storing and retrieving multimedia data that allows playback during recording. The 746 patent expires on May 21, 2011.

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