Cloudflare Witness List Ruled Insufficient to Move Patent Suit

Nov. 18, 2022, 6:22 PM UTC

Cloudflare Inc. correctly lost its bid to move a patent-infringement lawsuit from Texas to California, the Federal Circuit ruled, finding the IT services and security firm failed to prove the Golden State would be clearly more convenient for potential witnesses.

In a Friday order, a three-judge panel said West Texas Judge Alan D. Albright properly analyzed the case transfer factors and found Cloudflare’s inventory of potential witnesses lacking.

“We see no clear abuse of discretion in the court’s denial of transfer,” the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit wrote.

Sable Networks and Sable IP LLC originally sued Cloudflare ...

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