Sumotext Corp. -v- Zoove, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 SUMOTEXT CORP., Case No. 16-cv-01370-BLF
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT
ZOOVE, INC., dba STARSTAR MOBILE; VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY, LLC; [Re: ECF 336, 338] STARSTEVE, LLC; and VHT STARSTAR
LLC,
13 Defendants. 14 This antitrust action arises from alleged misconduct relating to the leasing and servicing of “StarStar numbers,” also referred to by the parties as “** numbers.” A StarStar number is a mobile dial code that lets a user call a short code – e.g., “**CASH” or “**LAW” – from a mobile telephone and be connected to a ten-digit telephone number. Defendant Zoove, Inc., now doing business as StarStar Mobile, has the exclusive right to operate StarStar numbers for all major mobile carriers.1 Plaintiff Sumotext Corporation (“Sumotext”) built up a successful business leasing StarStar numbers from Zoove and re-leasing them to end users while also…