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Zimmer v. Insall: The Power of Arbitration Agreements in Patent Royalty Disputes

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Marvel Entertainment, LLC , 576 U.S. The Supreme Court directly revisited the rule in Kimble, but ultimately chose to uphold the rule based on stare decisis. 29 (1987), the court noted that it could not reconsider the merits of an award even if the arbitrators made factual or legal errors in interpreting a contract.

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The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement

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When it is said that parties make their own contracts and that the courts will only give effect to their intention as expressed in and by the contract, that should generally be understood to mean and imply a contract which does not rob the Court of its jurisdiction in favour of another foreign forum.” [4].

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