Dish Network LLC. v. Jadoo TV, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND2
1 A. Jadoo’s Service 2 In 2008, Sohail founded Jadoo “to bring internet-based South Asian and multicultural 3 television, movies, and music to audiences from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and the 4 Middle East at an affordable price.” Sohail Mot. Ex. 143 (dkt. 243-14) ¶ 7. 5 When launching Jadoo, Sohail entered into agreements with channels to stream their 6 programs through its service. Id. ¶ 22. Jadoo sold set-top-boxes (“STBs”), which are computing 7 devices able to receive video signals and translate them for viewing on a television screen. 8 Defendants Opp’n Ex. 20 (dkt. 257-20) ¶ 18. Jadoo’s STBs run on an Android operating system. 9 Id. Jadoo contracted with a third party, Altair Technologies, to develop software for its three 10 features: eMedia, Video on Demand, and LiveTV (collectively, “the Service”). DISH Mot. Ex. 2 11 (dkt. 242-2) Apx.4 at 201:9–22; 204:22–205:2. 12 The content on Jadoo’s Video on Demand (“VOD”) largely came from publicly available 13 links, such as those on YouTube and Dailymotion. Defendants Opp’n Ex. 1 (dkt. 257-1) ¶ 25. 14 Jadoo released eMedia in 2015 to allow users to add content to their STBs from the…