Industrial Wire Products, Inc. v. Costco Wholesale Corp., No. 08-3189

District court order denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration and stay proceedings involving claims of patent and trade dress infringement is reversed where: 1) the Federal Circuit does not have exclusive jurisdiction over the appeal as the court's order was neither final nor injunctive, and the present court has jurisdiction pursuant to 9 U.S.C. sec. 16(a)(1); and 2) the court erred in denying the motion as the dispute fell within the broad language of one of the arbitration provisions of the parties' agreement.    

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Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Submitted: April 15, 2009
Filed: August 6, 2009

Judges
Before RILEY, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge