Andra Group, LP v. Victoria's Secret Stores, LLC, No. 20-2009 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2021)

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Andra Group, LP appeals the district court’s grant in part of the Defendants’ motion to dismiss for improper venue. Because we find that venue is improper in the East- ern District of Texas as to the three dismissed defendants under 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), we affirm. I Defendants are related companies. Andra Grp. , LP v. Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC , No. 4:19 -cv-288, 2020 WL 1465894 at *1 (E.D. Tex. Mar . 26, 2020) ( Decision). L Brands, Inc. (LBI) is the corporate parent of several re- tailers in the apparel and home product field. Id.