Koh v. Microtek International, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that plaintiffs chosen forum is not entitled to substantial weight when the claims have no connection to chosen forum
• noting the second factor is difficult to weigh where “‘[n]either party [has] provide[d] the requisite particularity about the expected witnesses and their potential testimony to accord this factor much weight’”
• noting the second factor is difficult to weigh where “‘[n]either party [has] provide[d] the requisite particularity about the expected witnesses and their potential testimony to accord this factor much weight’”
• severing claims against a retailer and the manufacturer and importer of the product
• “[I]t is permissible to infer, absent any contrary evidence from the non-movant, that witnesses ... involved in the design and manufacture of the accused products are material.”
• “[M]ovant[s] must establish that both venue and jurisdiction with respect to each defendant is proper in the transferee district.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).