Federal Judiciary

Another "Regional" Patent Case Transferred

By Michael C. Smith

Friday was a busy day for transfer orders.  In addition to the Odom v. Microsoft case, in which Judge Love transferred a case by an Oregon plaintiff against a Washington defendant with Oregon law issues to Oregon, Judge Folsom transferred PartsRiver v. Shopzilla, 2:07cv440 by a California patent owner against six California defendants (with a seventh in Washington) to California, finding that "based on the regional nature of this case, that the Northern District of California is clearly more convenient to the parties and the potential witnesses."  The order is a brief one, emphasizing the regional nature of the case.

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on February 02, 2009 (boomark / email).