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Comcast ordered to pay $213 million for patent infringement

By Drooid · Oct 17, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

A Tampa, Florida jury ordered Comcast Corp to pay $213 million to WhereverTV for patent infringement.
The patent, invented by WhereverTV founder Mark Cavicchia, covers systems for receiving, accessing, managing and viewing digital content.
The 2018 lawsuit alleged Comcast integrated the patented technology into its X1 platform around 2012.
The Federal Circuit reversed the 2023 jury’s no-infringement finding in 2025.
Comcast said it will appeal and that the verdict will not affect customers.

History

Historical Context

Large patent awards against Microsoft have repeatedly been reshaped by appellate courts. A San Diego jury in February 2007 ordered Alcatel-Lucent to collect $1.52 billion from Microsoft for audio-coding patents, but the Federal Circuit reversed the verdict in September 2009. Earlier, Uniloc’s $388 million infringement judgment in 2011 was vacated the same year, a pattern echoed by the 2025 Comcast reversal.

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Story summary

A Tampa, Florida jury ordered Comcast Corp to pay $213 million to WhereverTV for patent infringement.
The patent, invented by WhereverTV founder Mark Cavicchia, covers systems for receiving, accessing, managing and viewing digital content.
The 2018 lawsuit alleged Comcast integrated the patented technology into its X1 platform around 2012.
The Federal Circuit reversed the 2023 jury’s no-infringement finding in 2025.
Comcast said it will appeal and that the verdict will not affect customers.

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