Dish Fights Jurisdiction Claims in Streaming Piracy Litigation

The U.S. District Court in Houston does in fact have jurisdiction over Canadian and British defendants, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(k)(2), in Dish Network's copyright complaints against alleged streaming video piracy operations ZemTV and TVaddons, Dish told the court in a docket 17-1618 reply (in Pacer) Wednesday to the defendants' motion to dismiss (see 1801090012). Dish said the defendants didn't respond to written discovery requiring them to identify any other state in which they would be subject to jurisdiction or seeking information about their contacts with other specific states. And it said the two "purposely availed themselves" of the U.S. market for producing and distributing ZemTV through TVaddons. Counsel for the defendants didn't comment Friday.