TQP Development, LLC v. Yelp Inc., No. 2:12-cv-00656 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2013)

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Before the Court is Defendant Yelp 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. N o. 19, filed November 19, 2012). The complaint against Yelp was filed on Augus t 23, 2012. Yelp has filed the in stant 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. Patent No. 5,412,730.