Judge Amy Totenberg granted the motion brought by Noction, Inc. (“Noction”) to transfer the patent infringement action brought by Internap Corporation (“Internap”) to the Northern District of California. The action was based on alleged infringement of one network routing technology patent owned by Internap and potential infringement of […]
Acceleron, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company claiming a principal place of business in Atlanta, filed suit against Dell Inc., headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, alleging infringement of Patent No. 6,948,021 (the “’021 patent”), which deals with a hot-swappable server module in a computer network. On June 12, […]
Over the past year, Swipe Innovations, LLC (“Swipe”), a Houston, Texas-based company, has filed 30 cases in the Eastern District of Texas against over 50 defendants, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,351,296, titled “Financial Transmission System” (“the ‘296 patent”). One of the 30 cases was filed against […]
Out of three patent infringement cases filed in August 2012 by Joao Bock Transactional Systems, LLC (“JBTS”) in the Northern District of Georgia, one case was transferred to the Northern District of California, one case has just now been transferred to the Northern District of Illinois, and one […]
File an appropriate motion. Follow accepted procedures. Address the relevant factors. Present clear, concise argument. Avoid legalese and long block quotations.These are the directives of a recent order from Judge Pannell denying reconsideration of an order in which the Court declined to “re-transfer” a patent infringement case to […]
Charles Schwab & Company’s ad campaign exhorts viewers to Talk to Chuck® for financial advice. A plaintiff that sued Charles Schwab & Company in Georgia for patent infringement, however, will have to talk to Charles Schwab about its case elsewhere. Our August 23, 2012 post discussed three lawsuits filed […]
Very different factual and procedural backgrounds in two Northern District of Georgia cases led to the same result: denial of a motion brought under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to transfer the action to another district court. Motions to Transfer Venue in the Eleventh Circuit A district court may transfer a […]
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