Oct. 14, 2026
Patent venue wars cool as Texas litigation shifts east
The Federal Circuit moved a USC patent suit against Google from Texas to Northern California, a win attorneys call an outlier as venue fights have lost their appeal.
Google LLC won a patent venue battle last week when the Federal Circuit ordered a lawsuit brought by the University of Southern California transferred from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California, a venue generally considered more favorable to defendants.
The appellate court reversed U.S. District Judge Alan D. Albright's denial of Google's transfer motion. A few years ago, such a ruling might have reverberated across the patent litigation land...
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