Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

E.D. Tex.

Princeton Digital Image Corporation v. Facebook, Inc. et al, No. 2:11-cv-00400 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 23, 2012)

Granted in Part
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:11-cv-00400, Dkt. No. 141
Decided
August 23, 2012
Judge
See opinion
Document
Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER - Defendants Motion to Transfer Venue is GRANTED-AS-MODIFIED and it is ORDERED that the above-captioned case be transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Accordingly,…
Length
10 pages

From the Opinion

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I. INTRODUCTION Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”), ImageShack Corporation (“Imageshack”), Corbis C orporation (“Corbis”), Getty Images, Inc. (“Getty Images”) and Photobucket.com, Inc.’s (“Photobucket”) (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion to Transfer Venue. (Dkt. No. 62.) Defendants contend that the Northern District of California (“NDCA”) is a more convenient forum than the Eastern District of Texas ( “EDTX”) and they seek a transfer to NDCA pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Id.