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DISH and Sling allege, in a declaratory-judgment complaint, that they do not infringe any valid and enforceable claims of Adeia’s patents and that several of the patents are unpatentable, because Adeia has no present license with them and is expected to accuse DISH’s streaming and set-top-box products of infringement.
The complaint says Adeia owns the asserted patent portfolio and has a history of demanding licenses from pay-television and streaming companies and suing when negotiations fail. It alleges that if DISH does not take a license, it faces an imminent infringement suit and damages exposure.
The pleading also points to Adeia’s prior enforcement activity, including suits involving DIRECTV, AMD, Disney, Altice, and earlier DISH-related litigation, to support the existence of an actual controversy.
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Complaint (04/01/2026): declaratory-judgment allegations, asserted patents, Adeia’s licensing/enforcement campaign, and DISH’s noninfringement/unpatentability theoriesA real answer from Talk to the Docket, with a citation to the exact filing it came from.
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1Open a docket Navigate to any case in Docket Alarm. Talk to the Docket is available on every docket across all covered courts and jurisdictions.
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3Get a cited answer The assistant reads the full record and returns a direct answer or structured brief. Every claim links to the docket entry or document that supports it, so you can verify each statement in one click.
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