Editions du Seuil v Quarto Children's Book and Phidal

Procedural record

1. 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.

   Participants

   Editions du Seuil

   Quarto Children's Book

   Phidal

   Versailles Court of Appeal

   2 years, 6 months and 3 days later · 917 days

2. 16 October 2001France

   16 October 2001France

   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.

   Participants

   Editions du Seuil

   Quarto Children's Book

   Phidal

   French Court of Cassation

   Authorities cited

   1

   • French New Code of Civil Procedure
     statute