Sumotext Corp. -v- Zoove, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 SUMOTEXT CORP., Case No. 16-cv-01370-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL

ZOOVE, INC; VIRTUAL HOLD [Re: ECF 495]

TECHNOLOGY, LLC; VHT STARSTAR

LLC; and STARSTEVE, LLC,

Defendants.

15 Plaintiff Sumotext Corporation (“Sumotext”) claims that Defendants Zoove, Inc. (“Zoove”), Virtual Hold Technology, LLC (“VHT”), VHT StarStar LLC (“VHT StarStar”), and StarSteve, LLC (“StarSteve”) violated federal antitrust laws by seeking to exclude it from two distinct markets, one for leasing StarStar numbers in the United States and the other for servicing StarStar numbers in the United States. Following a two-week trial, a jury rendered a verdict for Defendants. Judgment was entered for Defendants and against Sumotext on March 6, 2020. Sumotext moves for a new trial under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(a), arguing that (1) the jury’s…