Motion to Transfer Granted
Judge Mazzant granted this motion to transfer in a trademark / trade dress case.
Judge Mazzant granted this motion to transfer in a trademark / trade dress case.
In this case, the ability compel the third-party witnesses to appear decided the matter.
This case arises out of a bouncy-house franchise. In my experience, kids liked the Star Trek theme for the party more than they did the bouncy house.
The court concluded that the defendant did not have a regular and established place of business in the district.
Home Depot sought a transfer to Georgia, where its headquarters is located.
This heavily redacted order shows how fact – intensive these disputes can get.
Okay, the substance of this MTD on PJ, IV & 1404 to WDTX is interesting, but the formatting’s worth a look as well.
Most of the evidence and witnesses were overseas, and not in either contested venue.
Voip-Pal Venue Orders
One was sent to California, and one wasn’t, and the orders explained why.
The difference was that the court concluded that Amazons employees could easily access the business records electronically, but it wasn’t clear whether googles 1000, 755 employees in Texas had access to the relevant documents.
These orders followed several in prior Voip cases, in which Judge Albright transferred its cases against Meta-Platforms and WhatsApp to California, while not transferring one from T-Mobile.