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E.D. Texas· 12/1/2017

Personal Audio, LLC v. Google, Inc.

Citations

  • 280 F. Supp. 3d 922

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  • concluding that “venue is determined under § 1400(b) by the facts and situation as of the date suit is filed”
  • holding that Google’s GGC servers were not regular and established places of business
  • holding, because the applicable venue statute used present tense language, “venue facts are to be examined as of the date the suit is filed”
  • questioning whether cell phone towers could be a regular and established place of business for wireless phone service providers if Google's servers were to qualify
  • rejecting the argument that Google servers in local ISP facilities constituted a regular and established place of business
  • “This court concludes that venue is determined under § 1400(b) by the facts and situation as of the date suit is filed. This is the plain reading of § 1400(b), the pertinent provisions of which are written in the present tense.”

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Judges: Clark

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