AT&T will pay TiVo a total of $215 million as settlement in a patent lawsuit TiVo filed in 2009 "after the phone and cable giant began offering a competing version of the set-top box that lets viewers record and fast-forward TV shows," writes Jeff Roberts.
TiVo still has a similar suit pending against Verizon, and a related case in which it was sued by Motorola.
Roberts further analyzes the results of the settlement here.