Personalized Media v. Rovi Guides, Inc., No. 14-1825 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 22, 2015)

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Plaintiff-Appellee Personalized Media Communic a- tions (“PMC”) is the assignee of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,965,825; 5,109,414; 5,233,654; 5,335,277; and 5,887,243 (collectively, the “Harvey Patents”), which relate to di s- tributing and controlling media content . Defendant - Appellants EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) and Rovi Guides, Inc. (“Rovi”) make and sell interactive television programming guides for finding, watching, and recording television shows, and for performing related functionality.