Intel Mandamus Petition Over Transferred Patent Trial Denied By Federal Circuit

Mealey's (January 22, 2021, 1:25 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Weeks after it granted a petition for a writ of mandamus by Intel Corp. over a Texas federal judge’s decision to transfer a planned patent infringement trial from one division to another, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 21 denied a subsequent petition by Intel, finding no abuse of discretion in the district court’s retransfer of the case pursuant to Section 1404(a) of the general venue statute....