UPDATE: A reader points out that we got it wrong -- the court already found Echostar violated the patent; at issue is whether Echostar followed an injunction that demanded they shut down DVR functions on boxes in the field. See correction below.
TiVo is scheduled to get its day in court next week as part of its ongoing patent-infringement lawsuit against Echostar and Dish Network.
Both sides are expected to present their cases on Sept. 4, and there could be a ruling by late September. If the court finds Echostar and Dish Network violated TiVo's patent did not follow a prior injunction, they could pay $105 million in fines for damages through September 2006, plus $120 million to $150 million in infringement fines for the last two years of damages, according to estimates from Stanford Group analyst Fred Moran.
While a couple of hundred million isn't anything to sneeze at, it may not help stem TiVo's subscriber losses -- Moran thinks the company may have lost 100,000 subscribers in the second quarter alone.
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