Affymetrix, Inc. v. Synteni, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that if a plaintiff had no good reason, or an improper reason, for filing suit in this Dis trict, this would likely weigh in favor of transfer
• noting that “[fjact witnesses who possess first-hand knowledge of the events giving rise to the lawsuit, however, have traditionally weighed quite heavily in the ‘balance of convenience’ analysis”
• explaining that non-party fact witnesses weigh heavily in the analysis
• noting median time from filing to trial of 20 months in Northern California versus 18 months in Delaware
• explaining that non-party fact witnesses weigh heavily in analysis
• explaining that non-party fact witnesses weigh heavily in analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).