IQ PRODUCTS CO. v. WD-40 CO.

No. 16-20595.

871 F.3d 344 (2017)

IQ PRODUCTS COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. WD-40 COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed September 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr., Esq. , David A. Barrett , Karen Chesley , Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., New York, NY, Warren W. Harris , Bracewell, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David J. Noonan, Esq. , Ethan Thomas Boyer, Esq. , Genevieve Marie Ruch , Noonan Lance Boyer & Banach, L.L.P., San Diego, CA, Robin C. Gibbs , Jennifer Horan Greer , Gibbs & Bruns, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Carl D. Kulhanek, Jr., Esq. , Hagans, Montgomery & Rustay, P.C., Houston, TX, David Wayne Medack , Heard & Medack, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff-Appellant IQ Products Co. sued Defendant-Appellee WD-40 Co., and WD-40 filed a motion to compel arbitration. Over IQ's objections, the district court granted the motion, finding that the parties intended to arbitrate the "gateway issue" of whether their claims were arbitrable. After prevailing in arbitration...

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