United States Third Circuit

Defendant's application for a stay of patent infringement litigation pending arbitration pursuant to 9 USC 3 will be denied where plaintiff's patent claims are outside the scope of any arbitration agreements, and plaintiff's predecessor never owned the patent claims at issue.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2001
• Decided 04/17/2001
• Published 04/17/2001

Judges

• Before SCIRICA, FUENTES, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frederick L. Cottrell, III, Jeffrey L. Moyer, Jennifer C. Bebko, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Aldo A. Badini, (argued), Henry J. Ricardo, Carol A. Polizzi, Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, NY, Richard A. Bardin, Craig B. Bailey, Fulwider Patton Lee & Utecht, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Attorneys for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter Buscemi, (argued), Richard S. Meyer, D. Michael Underhill, John H. Williamson, Mark A. Goodin, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellee.