An Aereo subpoena for information about competing company...
An Aereo subpoena for information about competing company Syncbak was quashed in U.S. District Court in Sioux City, Iowa, according to a Tuesday court order. Aereo had sought information about technology used by Syncbak that lets the streaming service know…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
where its viewers are, and information about CBS’s investment in the company. Aereo submitted the subpoena as part of its court proceeding against CBS in U.S. District Court in New York, where it has asked the court to rule that its own streaming service doesn’t violate copyright, according to court filings. Syncbak owner Herb Skoog compared giving the technology to Aereo to “Coca-cola giving its secret formula to Pepsi,” said the court filing. “The Court concludes that Aereo’s ‘need’ for the requested information to defend the underlying action is slight, while the injury to Syncbak in disclosing its highly confidential commercial information to a competitor may be substantial,” said the court opinion.