MERCK & CO. v. MEDIPLAN HEALTH CONSULTING INC

Nos. 05 CIV. 3650(DC), 05 CIV. 3696(DC), 05 CIV. 3698(DC), 05 CIV. 3699(DC), 05 CIV. 3700(DC), 05 CIV. 3701(DC).

425 F.Supp.2d 402 (2006)

MERCK & CO., INC. and MSD Technology, L.P., Plaintiffs, v. MEDIPLAN HEALTH CONSULTING, INC., d/b/a RxNorth.com, Defendant. And Related Cases.

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

March 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto by Robert L. Baechtold, Pasquale A. Razzano, Nina Shreve, Peter Shapiro, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

R. Kunstadt, P.C. by Robert M. Kunstadt, Ilaria Maggioni, New York, NY, for Mediplan Health Consulting, Inc., North Pharmacy Inc., PPI Pivotal Partners Inc., and Universal Drug Store LTD.

Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P. by John F. Sweeney, Seth J. Atlas, Kathleen E. McCarthy, New York, NY, for Canada Drugs.com Partnership and Kris Thorkelson.

Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck by Steven Lieberman, Minaksi Bhatt, Lisa N. Phillips, Washington, DC, for Medcenter Canada Inc., Glassey Consulting, and Alex Glassey.

Darby & Darby P.C. by Andrew Baum, David K. Tellekson, Justin Kayal, Robert L. Jacobson, New York, NY, for Total Care Pharmacy Ltd. and Dave Robertson.


OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

In these six related cases, defendants operate Canadian online pharmacies. Through interactive websites, they offer for sale to U.S. consumers generic versions of plaintiffs' popular cholesterol medication, Zocor. In listing their products, certain defendants use plaintiffs' trademark ZOCOR, identifying their products as "generic ZOCOR" or some variation thereof. Certain defendants also use plaintiffs' stylized ZOCOR...

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