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

E.D. Tex.

DietGoal Innovations LLC v. Taco John's International, Inc., No. 2:12-cv-00775 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 25, 2014)

Granted in Part
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:12-cv-00775, Dkt. No. 35
Decided
February 25, 2014
Judge
Roy S. Payne, M.J.
Document
Memorandum Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM ORDER - Court ORDERS that cause number 2:12-cv-00775 be transferred to the United StatesDistrict Court for the Northern District of Texas
Length
1 page

From the Opinion

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Before the Court is Defendant Taco John’ s (“Taco”) Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Proce dure No. 12(b)(3) and 28 U.S.C. §1406(a) (Dkt. No. 184, filed November 7, 2013). Taco contends that the case should be dismissed, or if transfer is more appropriate, the case should be transferred to the District of Wyoming. ( Id.; see also Dkt. No. 223.) Plaintiff conte nds that venue is proper, but al so offers the tr ansfer of its claims to the Northern or Wester n Districts of Texas as an altern ative to dismissal. (Dkt.