Echostar’s Sling Media Seeks to Block Imports of Web TV Devices
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EchoStar Corp.’s Sling Media, whose gadgets lets users watch live television shows on their mobile devices, filed a U.S. trade complaint seeking to keep its competitors out of the burgeoning market.
Sling Media claims Belkin International Inc.’s @TV Plus and @TV Premium and Monsoon Multimedia Inc.’s Vulkano and HAVA devices are using a technology it invented called place-shifting technology, which allows media stored on one device to be accessed on another. The company contends its rivals infringe six patents.