Dish Seeks Dismissal of Amended Counterclaims in Copyright Fight

The amended counterclaims brought by defendants in Dish Network's copyright infringement complaint against Tele-Center and Planet Telecom are as defective as the original counterclaims dismissed in July (see 1707240016), Dish said in a motion (in Pacer) to dismiss with prejudice filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Tampa. Dish said Florida law doesn't recognize a cause of action for accessing URLs, which is the basis of the Tele-Center/Planet conversion and trespass to chattel claims. It said the defendants -- collectively doing business as UlaiTV, PlanetiTV and AhlaiTV -- failed to show Dish interfered with or unjustifiably used the URLs. It said the defendants' breach of contract claim doesn't show which provision pertains to URL use and lacks factual support for its assertions of Dish hacking a set-top box. Counsel for the defendants didn't comment Monday.