Case: Trademarks/Arbitration (11th Cir.)

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the decision a federal district court in New York denying Industrial Distributors International Co.'s motion to compel The Taylor Group Inc. to arbitrate its trademark infringement claims based on the arbitration clause in a marketing agreement that Taylor Group did not sign. Taylor Group was not a party to the marketing agreement, its trademark claims were not based on the marketing agreement, it did not receive a direct benefit from the marketing agreement, it was not a third-party beneficiary of the marketing agreement, neither party to the marketing agreement acted as Taylor Group’s agent, and Taylor ...