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Adeia Technologies Inc. et al. v. DISH Network Corporation et al.

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1:26-cv-01373

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Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Filed: 2026-03-31

Patents at issue (5)

Plaintiffs (3)

Defendants (7)

Summary

Adeia entities sued DISH and related entities for patent infringement, asserting five patents including US 9,661,049. The '049 patent is asserted at least as to independent claim 15, accusing DISH's server-side dynamic ad-insertion workflows in DISH TV, DISH Anywhere, and Sling TV of generating and serving interspersed manifest specifications with URLs referencing video segments hosted on different domains. The case remained open; docket activity through mid-2026 included automatic-stay notices as to certain DISH entities.

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Further reading

Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (1996)
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