Freeman
Freeman v. Apple, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LYNNE FREEMAN, Case No. 3:23-cv-02426-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. TRANSFER
APPLE, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 12 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Lynne Freeman filed this copyright infringement action against defendant Apple, Inc., who has now moved to transfer this case to the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Because the § 1404(a) factors favor transfer, and for additional reasons outlined below, the Motion to Transfer is GRANTED. BACKGROUND This case arises out of a copyright dispute between Freeman, a romance author, and nonparty Tracy Deebs-Elkenaney, another romance author who writes under the pseudonym Tracy Wolff. Complaint (“Compl.”) [Dkt. No. 1] ¶¶ 8–28. Freeman alleges that Wolff’s Crave romance book series infringes on her own copyrighted book project. Id. ¶ 28. She has brought this action against Apple under the Copyright Act of…