Judge questions Apple’s request to move its legal fight against Uniloc to Californi — Apple World Today

Apple attorney Melanie L. Bostwick said the cases should all be judged in the Northern District of California, partly because that is where all of the Apple witnesses are. However, Law360 reports that U.S. Circuit Judge Kimberley A. Moore disputed the claim that no one at Apple’s Austin, Texas campus, nor anyone at its Austin-based partner Flextronics have worked on the devices alleged to infringe Uniloc patents.

Uniloc, an Australia-based company that I consider a “patent troll,” has sued  Apple numerous times on dubious claims. A “patent troll” is an individual or an organization that purchases and holds patents for unscrupulous purposes such as stifling competition or launching patent infringement suits. In legal terms, a patent troll is a type of non-practicing entity: someone who holds a patent but is not involved in the design or manufacture of any product or process associated with that patent.