Under New York law, the statute of limitations for replevin is three years when the claim involves a good-faith purchaser of a stolen chattel. Solomon R. Guggenheim Found. v. Lubell , 77 N.Y.2d 311, 317, 567 N.Y.S.2d 623, 569 N.E.2d 426 (1991) ; accordPaySys Int'l, Inc. v. Atos SE , No. 14 Civ. 10105, 2016 WL 10651919, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. July 14, 2016) (applying New York law). The claim begins to "accrue[ ] when the true owner makes demand for return of the chattel and the person in possession of the chattel refuses to return it."
On July 14, 2016, Judge Forrest granted Atos's motion for partial summary judgment, dismissing PaySys's claims for unfair competition, conversion, and replevin on statute of limitations grounds. PaySys Int'l, Inc. v. Atos SE, No. 14cv10105(KBF), 2016 WL 10651919 (S.D.N.Y. July 14, 2016). Judge Forrest found that the three claims accrued no later than 2004, when Atos acquired the company that held the PaySys license.