Defendant
5 cases as defendant.
DISH Technologies L.L.C. is a technology-focused subsidiary of DISH Network, which is wholly owned by EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) following a merger completed on December 31, 2023. EchoStar, a global telecommunications company, is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. For the full year 2024, DISH Network reported revenue of $14.3 billion. EchoStar has over 12,000 employees.
DISH Technologies serves as the research and development arm for its parent company's extensive operations. EchoStar operates a diverse portfolio of consumer and enterprise services, including the DISH TV direct broadcast satellite service, the Sling TV over-the-top streaming service, the Boost Mobile wireless carrier, and HughesNet satellite internet services. DISH Technologies develops the underlying hardware and software, including streaming video technology and digital set-top boxes, that support these various brands.
Despite being the technology engine of a large operating company, DISH Technologies L.L.C. has an entirely assertive patent litigation posture in the tracked cases. It has appeared as a plaintiff in all six of its tracked lawsuits and as a defendant in none. These cases have been filed in the U.S. District Courts for the District of Delaware, the Southern District of New York, and the District of Utah. This plaintiff-only record indicates a strategy of actively enforcing its patent portfolio.
The company's patent assertion campaign appears focused on streaming media technology. The defendants in its recent lawsuits are competitors in the video streaming market, including live TV streaming service fuboTV, on-demand service BritBox LLC, and family-focused streaming platform owner A Parent Media Co. Inc. This pattern suggests a strategic effort to license or enforce patents related to the technologies that power modern streaming video services.
DBS's appeal to the Federal Circuit from the IPR2023-00977 Final Written Decision involving U.S. 9,538,122. The appeal appears pending as of the report date.
Patent infringement suit by Digital Broadcasting Solutions against DISH asserting US 8,929,710 and US 9,538,122. Filed in E.D. Tex., transferred to D. Colo.; stayed since May 9, 2024, and administratively closed on July 8, 2024, pending PTAB proceedings and related appeals. DISH Technologies was dismissed without prejudice on November 8, 2022.
Realtime Data LLC (later Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC) sued Sling TV, Sling Media, and later DISH and Arris entities. The original complaint asserted U.S. Patent Nos. 8,275,897, 8,867,610, and 8,934,535, but the '897 patent was dropped from the Oct. 10, 2017 amended complaint, leaving '610 and '535. The litigation was stayed pending IPRs; '535 claims were dropped after PTAB invalidation, '610 claims were held ineligible under § 101 (affirmed May 11, 2023), and the attorneys'-fee award to DISH was vacated and remanded by the Federal Circuit on Aug. 23, 2024.
Realtime Data LLC d/b/a IXO sued DISH Network and related entities alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,275,897, 8,867,610, and 8,934,535. The action was severed from 6:17-cv-00084. A joint motion to dismiss without prejudice was filed Nov. 6, 2017, and entered Nov. 8, 2017.
Headwater sued DISH entities asserting a seven-patent set including the '464 patent; EchoStar's Form 10-Q stated it intended to vigorously defend and disclosed potential damages exposure.