Legal Opinion
Milos Sovak, M.D. Biophysica, Inc. v. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., a Corporation of the Empire of Japan Cook Imaging Corporation, an Indiana Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 19, 2002No. 00-55298PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.
We must decide whether federal or state law governs the right to compel arbitration when the underlying agreement contains only a general state choice-of-law clause.
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In 1986, Milos Sovak, while chairman of the board of Cook Imaging Corporation (“Cook”), co-invented an x-ray enhancing drug called “Ioxilan.” Sovak promptly assigned his patent rights to Ioxilan in the United States and Japan to Cook.
In 1987, Sovak, on behalf of Cook, contracted with Chugai Pharmaceutical Company (“Chugai”) for assistance in obtaining approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health…
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