California Federal Court Transfers Trade Secret Dispute Involving High-Tech Gloves To New York

In today’s dynamic environment of interstate commerce, including internet transactions, deciding on the proper venue for a trade secret misappropriation dispute can be a complicated process involving a number of different factors particularly if the parties are domiciled and/or transact business in different states.

In the case of GLT Technovations, LLC v. Fownes Brothers & Co., 2012 WL 1380338 (N.D.Cal.), District Judge Ronald M. Whyte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted the Defendant’s Motion to Transfer pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and sent the case to the Southern District of New York where a related case was already pending. Section 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) provides that "[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought or to any district or division to which all parties have consented."

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