Judge Lynn Transfers Case To District of Minnesota

On November 3, 2015, Judge Lynn entered an Order (available here) in Raz Imports v. Luminara Worldwide transferring the case to the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs had filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against the defendant one day after receiving the defendant’s cease and desist letter. Judge Lynn applied the Federal Circuit law on the “first-to-file” rule and found that the case was an anticipatory action. The Court then applied the Section 1404(a) transfer factors and ultimately decided that the case should be transferred to Minnesota.