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Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) filed an opposed motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of California (NDCA). On August 7, 2024, Judge Albright denied Meta’s motion to transfer, finding Meta had failed to establish NDCA as a clearly more convenient forum to resolve the dispute.

Defendant Tableau Software, LLC (Tableau) filed an opposed motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of California. On May 21, 2024, Judge Pitman granted Tableau’s motion and transferred the proceeding between Tableau and iCharts LLC.

The license defense Intel is using involves a contract Intel entered into with Finjan in 2012. Under that contract, Intel purchased from Finjan a license to patents owned and controlled by Finjan and its affiliates, including affiliates it might acquire later. 

On May 26, 2023, Judge Albright granted Defendant Adobe Inc.’s (Adobe) motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of California (NDCA).

On May 17, 2023, Judge Albright granted Defendant Apple Inc.’s (Apple) motion for an intra-district transfer of venue to the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas. Plaintiff SpaceTime 3D, Inc. (SpaceTime) had alleged that Apple infringed several patents relating to various systems and methods for switching between applications on a mobile device.

In orders ruling on two motions to transfer venue to the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.) in related cases, Judge Albright granted transfer to Defendant Google LLC and denied transfer to Defendant Vivint, Inc.

On May 16, 2022, Judge Albright denied Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Inc’s and Samsung Electronics America, Inc’s (collectively, “Samsung” or “Defendants”) Motion to Transfer Venue from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California.

On March 25, 2022, Judge Albright granted Defendant Meraki Integrated Circuit (Shenzhen) Technology, Ltd.’s (“Meraki”) opposed motion for reconsideration and severed Defendant Meraki and granted its transfer motion to the Northern District of California (“NDCA”).

Plaintiffs Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. and Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd. (together, “MPS”) filed this action against Defendant Meraki, alleging patent infringement (“Patent Claims”) along with claims of trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference, and unfair competition (“Non-Patent Claims”). Also, MPS filed a lawsuit in the NDCA against Defendant Meraki’s founders in their individual capacities.