Legal Opinion
Odom v. Microsoft Corp.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided January 30, 2009No. 2:08-cv-00331PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN D. LOVE, United States Magistrate Judge.
Before the Court is Defendant Microsoft Corporation’s Motion to Transfer Venue, (Doc. No. 19), Reply in Support, (Doc. No. 32), and Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Opposition, (Doc. No. 26), and Surreply in Opposition, (Doc. No. 34). The Court held a hearing on the motion on January 12, 2009.
For the reasons stated below, Defendant’s Motion is GRANTED.
BACKGROUND
In this suit, Plaintiff Gary Odom, the sole inventor and owner of U.S. Patent No. 7,363,592 (“the '592 patent”), alleges that Microsoft infringes the '592 patent by the…
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