Mealey's (March 8, 2018, 2:36 PM EST) -- GREENWOOD, S.C. — In granting in part and denying in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss and/or transfer venue, a federal judge in South Carolina on March 5 ruled that a company has failed to show that the defendants in a patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation resided in South Carolina or that a significant amount of the claims made occurred in the state (Flexible Technologies Inc. v. SharkNinja Operating LLC, et al., No. 17-0117, D.S.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37122)....