Fox Emphasizes What It Sees as Partial IP Win vs. Dish in Federal Court

Fox Networks emphasized that the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles ruled (see 1501210056) that Dish Network breached its contract with Fox Networks with its Sling and Hopper Transfers features. Fox said in a statement Tuesday that Dish also was found to have infringed Fox’s copyrights and breached its contract by making unauthorized copies of Fox programming with its AutoHop feature, which lets customers skip commercials on programming they record. “While we are still disappointed the court felt that PrimeTime Anytime and AutoHop do not violate our copyrights or contract, Dish has been largely disabling AutoHop anyway,” said Fox. This case doesn’t involve consumer rights or new technology, but “protecting creative works from being exploited without permission,” Fox said. Dish didn’t have an immediate comment.