Legal Opinion

Bay Networks Group, Inc. v. Willemijn Houdstermaatschappij, B.V.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided September 18, 1998No. 97 CIV. 8457(RO)Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

OWEN, District Judge.

Petitioner, Bay Networks Group, Inc. (Bay) seeks confirmation of an arbitration award rendered by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on October 6, 1997. Respondent, Willemijn Houdstermaatschap-pij, B.V. (Willemijn), cross-petitions to vacate the same. 1 For the reasons stated below, I grant Bay’s petition for confirmation.

On January 1, 1991, Willemijn and Bay’s predecessor, SynOptics Communications, Inc., 2 entered into a patent licensing agreement in which Willemijn’s “Patent 852” was nonexelusively licensed to SynOptics, allowing SynOptics to produce and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wilko v. SwanSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. Willemijn Houdstermaatschappij, Bv v. Standard Microsystems CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  3. Amicizia Societa Navegazione v. Chilean Nitrate and Iodine Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  4. Slamow v. Del ColAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  5. Iran Aircraft Industries and Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company v. Avco CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992

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