Legal Opinion
Grumman Systems Support Corp. v. Data General Corp.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 29, 1988No. 88-3342-FMSPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FERN M. SMITH, District Judge.
This matter came on regularly by defendant Data General’s (DG) motion to dismiss, to stay or to transfer this action to the District of Massachusetts. The Court has considered the submissions by the parties and has heard extensive oral argument. For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants the motion to dismiss, without prejudice, so that the action may properly be brought as a counterclaim to DG’s first-*161filed action in the District of Massachusetts.
BACKGROUND
Defendant Data General has a valuable computer program called ADEX. DG has a copyright on the…
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