Following the recent trend in this district, Judge Robinson denied a defendant’s motion to transfer litigation related to a licensing dispute, even where the current litigation is the “mirror image” of litigation pending in the Northern District California. Myriad Group A.G. v. Oracle America, Inc., C.A. No. 10-187-SLR, Memo. Order (D. Del. Feb. 4, 2011). The court found that the Jumara factors do not warrant transfer, particularly where the defendant is a Delaware corporation and “especially in this age of electronic discovery and the ever decreasing number of cases actually resolved by trial.” Id. at 5.
Myriad Group A.G. v. Oracle America, Inc., C.A. No. 10-187-SLR, Memo. Order (D. Del. Feb. 4, 2011).
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