“In October 2010, Motorola Mobility knew that it had litigation coming from Apple and quickly filed an ITC complaint and three federal lawsuits. Two of those federal lawsuits were filed in Motorola’s “home court”, the Northern District of Illinois, but about a month later, Motorola withdrew its complaints and brought the related claims as counterclaims against two Apple lawsuits in the Western District of Wisconsin,” Florian Mueller reports for FOSS Patents. “Now a sizable part of the litigation between these two parties has returned to Chicago as a result of an agreement between judges.”
Mueller reports, “On November 10, 2011, Judge Barbara Crabb wrote a letter to the parties’ lawyers that stated the following:”
Because my trial schedule is so full over the next six months and beyond, a kind judge in Chicago who enjoys trying patent cases has offered to take over the pretrial and trial work in this case, with the one condition that if there is a trial, it take place in Chicago.
Although venue is clearly as proper in Chicago as it is in Madison, I hesitate to move the place of trial without the consent of both parties. I would appreciate your advising me promptly whether you are willing to agree to move the trial to Chicago.
The transfer of this case will have no effect on the other Apple/Motorola cases filed in this court and it will not extend the time required to resolve the 662 case. In fact, given my docket and the many other patent cases awaiting resolution, it is likely that this case will be resolved much more expeditiously.
Mueller reports, “It’s a fact that the Western District of Wisconsin has become a very popular venue, and that slows it down. Also, this particular case involves 15 Apple patents and 6 Motorola patents, which is a lot of work for a judge.”
Read more in the full article here.
What kind of kind is that exactly? Oh, kind to the other judge to kindly accept the kind request to transfer the case.
Kind of nice of you to kindly explain the kind of kindness exhibited in kind by this kind of judge…
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Well … Judge Crabb could be playing with semantics and implying, through the use of “kind” as a noun, that the other Judge is of a having similar characteristics to herself, “kind” as used as an adjective.
or not …
Seriously, Chicago, one of the most corrupt (if not the most) cities in the country?!
The one with the most money will lose unless they put it in the judges pocket.
Agreed on the crookedness of Chicago.
However, this is federal, not state/local court.
A totally different league.
WWBD: What Would Blagojevich Do?