Editing NCUBE (section)

=== Lawsuits and dot-com aftermath ===
In 2000, [[SeaChange International]] filed a patent infringement suit against nCUBE, alleging its [[NCUBE#Computer models|nCUBE MediaCube-4]] product infringed on a SeaChange patent. A jury upheld the validity of SeaChange's patent and awarded damages. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit subsequently overturned the ruling on June 29, 2005. A separate lawsuit against SeaChange was filed by nCUBE in 2001 after it acquired the patents from Oracle's interactive television division. nCUBE claimed that SeaChange's video server offering violated its VOD patent on delivery to [[set-top box]]es.<ref name="santo">{{cite news |last1=Santo |first1=Brian |title=VOD Patent Battle Turns Bitter |work=CableWORLD |publisher=CableFAX | 
url=http://www.broadband-pbimedia.com/cgi/cw/show_mag.cgi?pub=cw&mon=011501&file=vod_patent_battle.inc|archive-date= 22 April 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050422144624/http://www.broadband-pbimedia.com/cgi/cw/show_mag.cgi?pub=cw&mon=011501&file=vod_patent_battle.inc}}</ref> nCUBE won the lawsuit and was awarded over $2 million in damages.<ref name="brian">{{cite news |last1=Morrissey |first1=Brian |title=nCube Wins VoD Patent Fight with SeaChange |url=http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/1150571 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=Internet News |date=30 May 2002}}</ref> SeaChange appealed, but the decision was upheld in 2004.<ref name="ced">{{cite news |last1=Baumgartner |first1=Jeff |title=Judge upholds jury decision in nCUBE-SeaChange patent spat |url=http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/2004/0404/cedaily040413.htm |work=CED Magazine |date=13 April 2004 |archive-date= 4 December 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204130603/http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/2004/0404/cedaily040413.htm}}</ref>

On the business front, the dot-com bubble burst and ensuing recession as well as lawsuits meant that nCUBE was not doing well. In April 2001 nCUBE laid off 17% of its workforce and began closing offices (Foster City in 2002 and Louisville in 2003) to downsize and consolidate the company around its Beaverton manufacturing office.<ref>[https://books.google.com/print/doc?articleid=bvYzlGZNiUE nCUBE's 2001 layoff.]{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref> Also in 2002, Ellison stepped down and named former SkyConnect CEO Michael J. Pohl as CEO.<ref>{{cite news |title=Michael J. Pohl Named President and CEO of nCUBE |url=http://www.ncube.com/pressroom/pressreleases/pr2002_03_04_pohl.html |work=nCUBE press releases |date=4 March 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228184715/http://www.ncube.com/pressroom/pressreleases/pr2002_03_04_pohl.html|archive-date= 28 February 2005}}</ref>