Case: Trademarks/Arbitration (E.D. Tex.)

ProTorch Co. Inc.'s motion to dismiss and compel arbitration, in Bayco Prods., Inc.'s trademark and unfair competition action against ProTorch, was granted by a federal district court in Texas. The court found two independent reasons to compel arbitration: (1) Bayco, a signatory to the agreement at issue, contemplated that affiliates of the other signatory would not only comply with the agreement but would be held accountable for violations of it, so, the arbitral clause itself is susceptible of an interpretation that covers the parties here, and the clause contemplates that “any dispute . . . shall be submit[ted]” to arbitration; ...