TiVo Inc. shares sank Thursday after a judge ruled that Dish Network Corp. customers could continue to temporarily use their digital video recorders, ultimately delaying a resolution between the two companies.

TiVo and Dish have been locked in a four-year legal battle over the use of technology that allows consumers to pause, rewind and record live television. Dish has lost each legal battle, and had been ordered to stop using the technology in its set-top boxes.

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