Hoechst v Genentech

Procedural record

1. 5 September 2012Arbitration

   5 September 2012Arbitration

   Partial arbitral award rendered in Paris on 5 September 2012

   Decision summary

   The sole arbitrator held Genentech responsible for the commercialization of several products and ordered it to pay various sums to Hoechst.

   Participants

   Hoechst

   Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland

   Genentech Inc.

   3 years, 2 months and 13 days later · 1169 days

2. 18 November 2015France

   18 November 2015France

   Judgment of the French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber dated 18 November 2015

   French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

   Decision summary

   The Court of Cassation declared inadmissible the appeal in cassation brought independently of the decision on the merits. It held that the Paris Court of Appeal had only referred a question of Treaty interpretation to the Court of Justice of the European Union and had not reviewed the partial award under Article 1520(5) of the French Code of Civil Procedure.

   Participants

   Hoechst

   Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland

   Genentech Inc.

   French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

   Authorities cited

   2

   • Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union)
     treaty
   • French Code of Civil Procedure (Articles 1520(5) and 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure)
     statute