The contract between the parties concerned a COVID-19 era supply of medical gloves. It contained a SIAC arbitration clause, with a carve-out exception that certain intellectual property claims must be heard by the District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Court held that the language of the contract did not evince a clear and unmistakable evidence that the parties intended an arbitrator, rather than the court, to decide whether the arbitration clause applied to the plaintiff’s claims. The Court therefore examined the issue itself, concluding that the claims fell under the SIAC arbitration clause.