Forgent loses videoconferencing patent suit

My former employer and patent troll, Forgent Networks (I worked for VTEL, part of which became Forgent after I left) was denied a new trial by a Texas court in a suit against EchoStar Communications (parent company of DISH Networks). Forgent had claimed EchoStar violated its patent relating to DVR playback. The jury handed down a unanimous verdict against Forgent and this ruling re-affirms that verdict and hopefully ends this particular chapter of Forgent's patent-extortion escapades.

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The patent in question.