Sumotext Corp. -v- Zoove, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 SUMOTEXT CORP., Case No. 16-cv-01370-BLF
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES
AND COSTS
ZOOVE, INC., et al., [Re: ECF 483, 486] Defendants.
12 This order addresses two motions for attorneys’ fees and costs, the first brought by Defendants Zoove, Inc., Virtual Hold Technology, and VHT StarStar (collectively, “Zoove”), and the second brought by Defendant StarSteve, LLC (“StarSteve”). See Zoove Mot., ECF 483; StarSteve Mot., ECF 486. The motions have been taken under submission without oral argument. See Order Submitting Motions, ECF 506. The motions are DENIED for the reasons discussed below. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Sumotext Corporation (“Sumotext”) filed this action in March 2016, asserting breach of contract and related state law claims arising out of Zoove’s termination of Sumotext’s leases of StarStar numbers. See Compl.,…