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Transfer Venue.
I. Background
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(Compl. ¶ 17.)
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(Compl. ¶ 32.) ITBC did not pay the invoice until March 22,
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34.) These materials have not been returned to Softech, nor has
maintain versions of its software for ITBC and for the VA.
(Compl. ¶ 42.)
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Interface, and that it has the right to sue and collect damages
and destroyed at the cost of the Defendants; and (9) any further
Florida State Court. (MTD at 1 [Dkt. 6], Ex. B.) On May 17,
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A. Motion to Dismiss
421 (1969).
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that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the
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B. Motion to Transfer
instructs that:
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III. Analysis
A. Motion to Dismiss
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whether state or federal law resolves the claims, and (6) the
rights. Vulcan Chem. Tech. V. Barker, 297 F.3d 332, 341 (4th
the rule, and it may be granted only when the parallel state-
McLaughlin v. United Virginia Bank, 955 F.2d 930, 931 (4th Cir.
1992).
The Court finds this case to call for the rule, not
instant case and the Florida case, the two are not entirely
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2. Personal Jurisdiction
also Asahi Metal Indus. Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., 480 U.S.
3. Complexity
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Soap Prods. Co. v. Struthers Wells Corp., 159 F. Supp. 706, 713
4. Factual Support
Publ'ns, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co., 499 U.S. 340, 361 (1991);
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claim.
5. Copyright Claims
at issue.
v. Peters, 488 F.3d 277, 285 (4th Cir. 2007) (internal quotation
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disagree and argue that in fact ITBC, or the VA, now owns the
dismiss.
copyright infringement.
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likely witnesses are spread across the country and are not all
IV. Conclusion
/s/
August 23, 2010 James C. Cacheris
Alexandria, Virginia UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
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