Opinion ID: 2995787
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Kidde

Text: With respect to Kidde, we believe that the district court correctly determined that Kidde’s claims, in essence, were derivative of Fyrnetics’, a signatory to the license agreement, because Kidde was Fyrnetics’ successor. The allegedly defective sensors were sold during late 1997 and early 1998, and Fyrnetics existed as a separate corporate entity during this time period. As the district court correctly explained, in June 1998, “[w]hen Kidde caused Fyrnetics to be merged into Kidde and then dissolved, Kidde voluntarily assumed the obligation of Fyrnetics’ license agreement. . . . Kidde, which is making claims that are partly those of Fyrnetics, cannot escape application of the license agreement’s arbitration requirement by effectively legislating Fyrnetics out of existence.”