Data Scape Limited v. Barracuda Networks, Inc.

I. BACKGROUND

24 According to the Complaint, Plaintiff is a company organized under the laws of Ireland 25 with its office in Dublin. (ECF No. 1, ¶1.) Defendant is a Delaware company with headquarters in

1 A motion to transfer venue, because it does not address the merits of the parties’ claims, is suitable for decision by a Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). See Paoa v. Marati, 2007 WL 4563938 at *2 (D. Haw. Dec. 28, 2007) (collecting cases for the proposition that an order on a motion to transfer venue is a non-dispositive order). Campbell, California. (Id. at ¶2.) Defendant is an IT-security company that offers products in the fields of email, network, application, and data security. Plaintiff filed this suit on February 7, 2019, alleging that Defendant infringed upon its patents including U.S. Patent No. 7,720,929 (“the ‘929 Patent”), U.S. Patent No. 10,027,751 (“the ‘751 Patent”), U.S. Patent No. 9,715,893 (“the ‘893 Patent”), and U.S. Patent No. 8,386,581 (“the ‘581 Patent”) (collectively “the asserted patents”). See generally (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff’s infringement allegations target the following products:…