Apple Convinces Fed. Cir. to Kick Patent Suit Out of Texas (1)

Apple Inc. will face a patent infringement suit in its home district in California after the Federal Circuit ordered the Western District of Texas to transfer the case.

Apple filed a petition for mandamus asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to overturn Judge Alan Albright’s decision refusing to send Uniloc 2017 LLC’s patent infringement suit against it to what Apple considers a more convenient court.

The Federal Circuit granted the petition. “We conclude that Apple has demonstrated that the district court clearly abused its discretion in denying transfer,” the divided court said in a precedential order ...