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

E.D. Tex.

Alacritech Inc. v. CenturyLink, Inc., No. 2:16-cv-00693 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 19, 2017)

Denied
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:16-cv-00693, Dkt. No. 356
Decided
September 19, 2017
Judge
Roy S. Payne, M.J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER - denying 59 Motion to Transfer
Length
16 pages

From the Opinion

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In this patent case, the Court will now consider Defendants’ Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern District of California [Dkt. # 59]. For the reasons set forth below, the Court concludes the movants, none of whom are based in that district, have not shown the Northern District of California is a clearly more convenient forum than this District and will deny the motion. I. BACKGROUND A. The Technology The technology at issue concerns transfer ring and storing data within a network. Compl. [Dkt. # 1] ¶ 16.