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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Peterson finds partially in favor of the third-party manufacturers in the lighting corporation's lawsuit against the home improvement retail company for selling products that allegedly violate the corporation's patents for LED lighting systems. One manufacturer's motion to dismiss the company's third-party claims against it seeking indemnity for its role manufacturing the products that infringe on the corporation's patents is granted, as it has a valid arbitration clause in its contract with the company. The corporation's motions to dismiss four other third-party manufacturers' counterclaims and affirmative defenses are granted in part, including as to dismiss one of the manufacturer's invalidity claims on some of the patent infringement allegations. The corporation's motion to sever the company's claims against the third-party manufacturers is denied.