EchoStar Communications has gained some ground in defending its digital video-recording technology against patent-infringement claims, but a big case with giant Tivo is still pending. The Douglas County-based satellite- TV provider said Friday that it prevailed in a patent-infringement case filed by Forgent Network Inc. EchoStar said it won $90,000 in court costs after a Texas appellate judge upheld a jury verdict last spring that Forgent's patent claims were invalid. EchoStar, operator of Dish Network, also said this week that the federal patent office recently rejected all of the hardware-related claims asserted by Tivo. But the patent office affirmed Tivo's software claims related to a $90 million Texas court verdict against EchoStar last year. EchoStar reiterated in a regulatory filing this week that it does not believe it has infringed on any of Tivo's patents and that it will prevail on appeal. An appellate court has stayed an injunction prohibiting EchoStar from using the technology, pending appeal.

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