HP Wins Transfer of USB Patent Lawsuit from Texas to California

HP Inc. convinced a federal judge in Austin, Texas, to transfer a patent monetizer’s suit over allegedly infringing laptops, desktops, monitors, and docking stations to Northern California where the company is headquartered.

Universal Connectivity Technologies Inc., a unit of Canadian patent owner Wi-LAN Inc., sued HP in late 2023 in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas—a magnet for patent suits—accusing the Palo Alto-based tech company of infringing eight patents relating to USB connectivity standards.

The case “lacks any material ties whatsoever to Austin,” Judge Robert Pitman wrote in a Wednesday order granting HP’s motion to move ...