GILLETTE CO. v. NORELCO CONSUMER PRODUCTS CO.

Civil Action No. 96-12034-RCL.

946 F.Supp. 115 (1996)

The GILLETTE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. NORELCO CONSUMER PRODUCTS COMPANY, A Division of Philips Electronics North America Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

November 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Skelly, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Boston, MA, Kenneth A. Plevan, Bruce J. Goldner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for plaintiff.

Robert S. Frank, Jr., Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, MA, Richard E. Carlton, Sullivan & Cromwell, Washington, DC, Timothy J. Helwick, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, Michael H. Steinberg, Sullivan & Cromwell, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant.


Opinion and Order

LINDSAY, District Judge.

Of a thousand shavers, two do not shave so much alike as not to be distinguished.1

Background

This case pits two of the heavyweights in the shaving products industry. The Gillette Company ("Gillette") manufactures many of the country's leading "wet-shaving" products, that is, products that include blades...

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