Truist Can’t Transfer Texas E-Banking Patent Case to Charlotte

A federal judge in Texas denied a motion to transfer the US Automobile Association’s lawsuit over mobile check depositing patents to Truist Bank’s backyard in the Western District of North Carolina.

In an order made publicly available Monday, Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne found that the experience of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in cases involving the same patents outweighed the convenience of moving the case closer to Truist’s headquarters in Charlotte.

San Antonio-based USAA has also sued Wells Fargo Bank and PNC Bank over some of the same patents in East Texas, a popular ...