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DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) must pay $469 million for infringing two parental-control technology maker ClearPlay Inc patents related to filtering material from streaming video, under a U.S. federal court jury ruling last Friday.
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The jury found that ClearPlay's patents covered Dish's AutoHop feature for skipping commercials on its Hopper set-top boxes, Reuters reports citing court documents.
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Though jurors found that Dish's technology infringed ClearPlay's patent rights, they refused ClearPlay's argument that Dish copied its technology deliberately.
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Dish proposed to contest the verdict.
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ClearPlay's technology lets users filter out adult content from DVDs and streaming videos.
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ClearPlay prosecuted Dish in 2014. ClearPlay alleged that AutoHop's technology for cutting commercials from DVR content violates its patents.
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Dish said that AutoHop works differently from ClearPlay's patented technology. Dish also said the patents are invalid, arguing they are apparent based on earlier inventions or cover abstract ideas.
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Dish held $2.6 billion in cash and equivalents as of December 31.
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Price Action: DISH shares closed lower by 2.37% at $10.28 on Monday.
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