Google Loses Appeal Over Texas Court’s Blocked Patent Suit Move

Google LLC must litigate a patent infringement lawsuit brought by telecom startup Flypsi Inc. in Waco, Texas, rather than San Francisco, the Federal Circuit ruled Monday.

The panel found that West Texas Judge Alan D. Albright reasonably denied Google’s transfer motion based on the location of potential witnesses and employees of both companies, as well as other factors that tipped the balance toward the Lone Star State.

“Here, the district court considered the relevant factors and found, based on the record before it, that Google had failed to establish that the Northern District of California is ‘clearly more convenient,’” Judge ...