Fed. Circ. Tells Albright To Send Apple Tech IP Suit To Calif.
By Jasmin Jackson (May 26, 2022, 4:37 PM EDT) — The Federal Circuit found Thursday that U.S. District Judge Alan Albright “clearly abused” his discretion by refusing to transfer a patent suit against Apple Inc. over Bluetooth technology out of the Western District of Texas, vacating his decision and ruling that the Golden State is the more convenient forum.
A three-judge panel said in a nonprecedential opinion that Judge Albright was wrong to deny the iPhone maker’s bid to transfer patent-holding company BillJCo LLC’s infringement case to the Northern District of California in February.
The panel ordered Judge Albright to send the suit to California. According to the opinion, the lower…
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