Venue Not Determined When Cause of Action Accrues

The court granted one defendant's motion to transfer for improper venue because defendant lacked a regular and established place of business in the district through its former office that closed shortly before plaintiff filed suit. "⁠[Plaintiff] argues . . . that the location in Plymouth Meeting is sufficient to defeat [movant's] motion to transfer because [it] had a regular and established place of business in this district when the cause of action accrued, and Plaintiff initiated the relevant action on June 30, 2010, a reasonable time after [movant's] office closed in 2009. . . . Some courts have held that venue is proper under § 1400(b) when a defendant had a regular and established place of business in a district, and the plaintiff initiated the action within a reasonable time after the place of business was closed. However, this rule has not been adopted by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and this Court declines the invitation to apply said ruling in this patent case."

Infinity Computer Products, Inc. v. OKI Data Americas, Inc., 2-12-cv-06797 (PAED February 23, 2018, Order) (Alejandro, USDJ)