F5 Networks Inc v. Radware Inc

Filing 97

ORDER re parties' 96 Stipulated Motion to Transfer Case; This case should betransferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, by Judge Richard A Jones.(SWT)

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THE HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 F5 NETWORKS, INC., 10 Plaintiff, 11 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO TRANSFER v. 12 No. 2:16-cv-00480-RAJ RADWARE, INC., 13 14 Defendant. RADWARE, INC. and RADWARE, LTD., 15 16 17 18 Counterclaim-Plaintiffs, v. F5 NETWORKS, INC., Counterclaim-Defendant. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION TO TRANSFER No. 2:16-cv-00480-RAJ CORR CRONIN MICHELSON BAUMGARDNER FOGG & MOORE LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900 1 Plaintiff F5 Networks, Inc., Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiff Radware, Inc., 2 and Counterclaim-Plaintiff Radware Ltd., (together “Parties”) jointly stipulate and request 3 that the Court transfer this matter to the United States District Court for the Northern 4 District of California. The Parties have met and conferred and agree that this stipulated 5 motion is appropriate in response to a change in the precedent governing venue in patent 6 cases, and hereby stipulate as follows: 7 WHEREAS, on May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court issued a decision in TC 8 Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, 581 U.S. ___ (2017),1 holding that the patent 9 venue statute only permits suits against a corporation in a State in which the corporation is 10 incorporated or has a regular and established place of business; 11 WHEREAS, TC Heartland overturned a line of cases stemming from the Federal 12 Circuit’s decision in VE Holding Corp. v. Johnson Gas Appliance Co., 917 F.2d 1574 (Fed. 13 Cir. 1990) which had tied patent venue to the general venue statute in 28 U.S.C. §1391(c) 14 and thus permitted patent suits to be brought wherever there was personal jurisdiction; 15 WHEREAS, Radware Inc. previously moved to dismiss this case for improper 16 venue (see ECF 21); 17 WHEREAS, this now overturned line of cases was the basis for venue in the 18 Western District of Washington in this case (see ECF 54 at 12-13); 19 WHEREAS, Radware, Inc. and Radware Ltd. represent that they are neither 20 incorporated nor have offices or any regular and established place of business in 21 Washington; and 22 WHEREAS, the Parties agree that venue is proper in the United States District 23 Court for the Northern District of California; 24 25 26 1 Opinion available at https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/16-341_8n59.pdf. STIPULATED MOTION TO TRANSFER - 1 No. 2:16-cv-00480-RAJ CORR CRONIN MICHELSON BAUMGARDNER FOGG & MOORE LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900 1 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, that this case should be 2 transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 3 4 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 5 Dated: May 25, 2017 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 By: s/ Ramsey Al-Salam Ramsey M. Al-Salam, WSBA No. 18822 RAlSalam@perkinscoie.com Christina J. McCullough, WSBA No. 47147 CMcCullough@perkinscoie.com Stevan R. Stark, WSBA No. 39639 SStark@perkinscoie.com Antoine M. McNamara, WSBA No. 41701 AMcNamara@perkinscoie.com Lane M. Polozola, WSBA No. 50138 LPolozola@perkinscoie.com PERKINS COIE LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 359-8000 Fax: (206) 359-9000 Nathaniel E. Durrance, WSBA No. 41627 nate@newmanlaw.com NEWMAN DU WORS LLP 2101 Fourth Ave, Suite 1500 Seattle, WA 98121 Phone: (206) 274-2800 Fax: (206) 274-2801 By: s/ David B. Edwards Kevin Baumgardner, WSBA No. 14263 David B. Edwards, WSBA No. 44680 CORR CRONIN MICHELSON BAUMGARDNER FOGG & MOORE LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Telephone: (206) 625-8600 Fax: (206) 625-0900 kbaumgardner@corrcronin.com dedwards@corrcronin.com Fabio E. Marino (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Nitin Gambhir (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 275 Middlefield Road, Ste. 100 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Telephone: (650) 815-7400 Facsimile: (650) 815-7401 fmarino@mwe.com ngambhir@mwe.com 21 22 Attorneys for Plaintiff F5 Networks, Inc. 23 Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs Radware, Inc. and Radware, Ltd. 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION TO TRANSFER - 2 No. 2:16-cv-00480-RAJ CORR CRONIN MICHELSON BAUMGARDNER FOGG & MOORE LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900 ORDER 1 2 Based on the foregoing, IT IS SO ORDERED that this matter be transferred to the 3 United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The court DIRECTS 4 the Clerk to transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Northern District 5 of California. 6 7 DATED: May 30, 2017 A 8 9 The Honorable Richard A. Jones United States District Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION TO TRANSFER - 3 No. 2:16-cv-00480-RAJ CORR CRONIN MICHELSON BAUMGARDNER FOGG & MOORE LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900

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