ABBOTT LABORATORIES v. MEAD JOHNSON & CO.

No. 91-3492.

971 F.2d 6 (1992)

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEAD JOHNSON & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Stayton, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, Ind., Robert F. Ward, Pope, Ballard, Shepard & Fowle, Chicago, Ill., Thomas C. Morrison (argued), Andrew D. Schau, Robert W. Lehrburger, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, Kenneth D. Greisman, Mark E. Barmak, Abbott Laboratories, Dept. 324, Abbott Park, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jerold S. Solovy, Robert L. Byman (argued), James L. Thompson, Daniel S. Goldman, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., Evan E. Steger, Harry L. Gonso, Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) filed this interlocutory appeal, 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1), after the district court denied its motion for a preliminary injunction against Mead Johnson & Company (Mead). Abbott seeks relief under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act (the Act), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), to halt Mead's alleged false advertising and trade dress infringement practices in the oral electrolyte maintenance solution (OES) market. We vacate...

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