Arbitral Digest

Matter

Editions du Seuil v Quarto Children's Book and Phidal

13 April 1999France
13 April 1999France
Judgment of the Versailles Court of Appeal dated 13 April 1999
Versailles Court of Appeal
Decision summary
The Versailles Court of Appeal declined to apply the arbitration clause in the contractual dispute between Editions du Seuil and Quarto Children's Book and treated that dispute as indivisible from the infringement action against Phidal. The French Court of Cassation later set the judgment aside.
Supporting details
3 participants
Editions du Seuil
Quarto Children's Book
Phidal
Versailles Court of Appeal
Mentioned in judgment
Date not availableFrance
Date not availableFrance
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation
French Court of Cassation
Decision summary
The French Court of Cassation set aside in all its provisions the Versailles Court of Appeal judgment of 13 April 1999, declined to remit the case, and rejected the jurisdictional challenge. It held that the mere indivisibility of the contractual dispute and the infringement action did not prevent the arbitration clause from operating.
Supporting details
1 authority · 3 participants
Editions du Seuil
Quarto Children's Book
Phidal
French Court of Cassation
Authorities cited
1
- French New Code of Civil Procedure
  statute
Direct judgment