TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Corp.

 
APPEAL NO.
09-1374
OP. BELOW
DCT
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Lourie

Question(s) Presented

Whether “the circumstances under which a finding of contempt by a district court would be proper as to infringement by newly accused products and also address the proper time to raise the defenses of vagueness and overbreadth of an injunction.”

Holding

“[W]e hold that the two-stepĀ KSM analysis is unsound in contempt cases and we clarify the standards governing contempt proceedings in patent infringement cases.”

Date
Selected Proceedings and Orders
November 2, 2009
November 9, 2010
April 20, 2011