SMITHKLINE BECKMAN CORP. v. PROCTOR & GAMBLE CO.

No. 84-CV-656.

591 F.Supp. 1229 (1984)

SMITHKLINE BECKMAN CORPORATION and Menley & James Laboratories Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. The PROCTOR & GAMBLE COMPANY, The Proctor & Gamble Distributing Company, and Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

As Amended August 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MacKenzie, Smith, Lewis, Michell & Hughes, Nancy L. Pontius, Syracuse, N.Y., Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, Laurence R. Hefter, Charles E. Lipsey, Susan H. Griffen, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Smithkline Beckman Corporation, James R. Meyer, C.A. Karnavas, Philadelphia, Pa., Hancock & Estabrook, Donald J. Kemple, Syracuse, N.Y., Townley & Updike, Marie V. Driscoll, New York City, Dinsmore & Shohl, Thomas S. Calder, Lynda E. Roesch, The Proctor & Gamble Company, John J. Cummins, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, District Judge.

In this action for trademark infringement and unfair competition, plaintiffs, manufacturers of the over-the-counter drug ECOTRIN, seek to enjoin defendants, manufacturers of a new over-the-counter drug called ENCAPRIN, from using the name ENCAPRIN on their encapsulated aspirin product. The matter was originally before the Court on a motion for a preliminary injunction. With the consent of the parties...

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