MEDCAM, INC. v. MCNC

No. 04-2572.

414 F.3d 972 (2005)

MEDCAM, INC., a Washington corporation, now known as OptiMEMS, Inc., Plaintiff — Appellee, v. MCNC, a North Carolina non-for-profit corporation, Defendants — Appellant, MCNC Endowment, a North Carolina non-for-profit corporation; MCNC Enterprise Fund, L.P., a North Carolina limited partnership; MCNC Research and Development Institute, a North Carolina non-for-profit corporation; MCNC Ventures, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability corporation; JDS Uniphase, a Delaware corporation, as successor of Cronos Integrated Microsystems, Inc.; Cronos Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Cronos MEMS, Inc., a North Carolina corporation; MCNC Cronos Equity Associates, LLC, a North Carolina limited corporation whose status is listed as dissolved, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Herr, argued, Minneapolis, MN (William Z. Pentelovitch, Justin H. Perl, Haley Schaffer, Robert H. Shulman and Lara A. Degenhart, on brief), for appellant.

Corey J. Ayling, argued, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appelle.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

MCNC appeals from the District Court's1 order denying MCNC's motion to dismiss certain claims asserted by MedCam, Inc. (MedCam) against MCNC and granting MedCam's motion to compel arbitration of those claims. We affirm.

I.

The essential facts of this case can be stated briefly.2 MedCam and MCNC sought to develop medical imaging...

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