W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Civ. A. No. 94-502-JJF.

882 F.Supp. 1454 (1995)

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

April 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Richards, III, Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, David H. Pfeffer, Janet Dore, Midge M. Hyman, and Richard LeBlanc, Morgan & Finnegan, New York City, John S. Campbell, and David Johns, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE, for plaintiff.

Steven J. Balick, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE, Thomas C. Morrison, and Michael J. Mellis, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, New York City, Madonna M. Malin, Johnson & Johnson, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

FARNAN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ("Gore") commenced this trademark infringement action against Defendants Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc. ("J & J") on October 7, 1994. Gore claims that J & J infringed Gore's dental floss trademark registration "Glide" by use of a similar trademark for its dental floss ...

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