Bayer CropScience AG v. Dow AgroSciences LLC, No. 16-1530 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 1, 2017)

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This case involves an international arbitration trib u- nal’s decision on a contract claim, under French law, and patent-infringement claims, under U.S. law, in a dispute between Bayer CropScience NV and Bayer CropScience AG (sometimes collectively, Bayer), on one side, and Dow Agrosciences LLC, Mycogen Plant Science, Inc., Agri- genetics, Inc., and Phytogen Seed Co. (collectively, Dow) , on the other. Bayer initially sued Dow for patent i n- fringement, but the district court stayed the acti on pend- ing arbitration.