TQP Development, LLC v. Twitter, Inc., No. 2:12-cv-00503 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2013)

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Before the Court is Defendant Twitter, Inc.’s Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern District of California Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and to Stay Any Other Proceeding Pending Disposition of the Transfer Motion (Dkt. No. 25, filed December 21, 2012). The complaint against Twitter was filed on A ugust 23, 2012. Twitter waited nearly four months after being served with the summons before filing the instant motion to transfer on convenience grounds.1 This is one of many cas es filed by Plaintiff TQP Development, LLC alleging infringement of U.S.