Court Refuses to Transfer Travel Tags Patent Case
Travel Tags owns a patent for a process for making lenticular cards. On July 11, 2006, Travel Tags filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Performance Printing, a Texas company. Travel Tags did not serve the lawsuit, and the parties entered into licensing negotiations with. On November 1, 2006, Travel Tags served the lawsuit, but Performance Printing also filed a declaratory action in Texas.
Performance Printing moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction or to transfer the case to Texas. The court denied the motion but Performance Printing can raise the jurisdiction issue again after completing discovery.