L-3 Communications Corp. v. SafeNet, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gonzalez, J.
This appeal requires us to determine which of two competing forums, New York or Maryland, is the appropriate forum for litigation of this dispute over an exclusive licensing agreement. Specifically, we are asked to decide whether the forum selection clause in the parties’ agreement is mandatory or permissive, whether the Maryland action should be given priority based on the first-in-time rule, and whether defendant SafeNet’s wholly-owned subsidiary is a necessary party to this action (see CPLR 3211 [a] [4], [10]).
It is unnecessary for us to address the parties’…
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