R2 Solutions LLC v. Databricks, Inc., No. 4:23-cv-01147 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 2, 2024)

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Pending before this Court is Defendant Databricks Inc.’s Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern District of California Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) (Dkt. #20). Having considered the Motion and relevant pleadings, the Court finds that the Motion should be DENIED. BACKGROUND On December 28, 2023, Plaintiff filed a Complaint alleging that Defendant infringed U.S. Patent No. 8,190,610 (“the ’ 610 Patent”) (Dkt. #1 at p. 12 ). The ’610 Patent, entitled “MapReduce for Distributed Database Processing,” issued to Plaintiff on May 29, 2012 (Dkt. #1 ¶ 13).