MERIAL LIMITED v. VELCERA, INC.

Case No. 3:11-CV-157 (CDL).

MERIAL LIMITED, and MERIAL SAS, Plaintiffs, Counterclaim Defendants, v. VELCERA, INC., and FIDOPHARM, INC., Defendants, Counterclaim Plaintiffs.

United States District Court, M.D. Georgia, Athens Division.

June 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merial Limited, Plaintiff, represented by EDWARD D TOLLEY , Frank G Smith, III , Alston and Bird, J Patrick Elsevier , Jones Day, Jason Demian Rosenberg , Alston & Bird LLP, Judy de Leon Jarecki Black , MATTHEW WOLFF HOWELL , ALSTON & BIRD LLP & NADYA MUNASIFI SAND .

Merial SAS, Plaintiff, represented by EDWARD D TOLLEY , Frank G Smith, III , Alston and Bird, J Patrick Elsevier , Jones Day, Jason Demian Rosenberg , Alston & Bird LLP, Judy de Leon Jarecki Black , MATTHEW WOLFF HOWELL , ALSTON & BIRD LLP & NADYA MUNASIFI SAND .

VELCERA INC, Defendant, represented by BRUCE P KELLER , PRO HAC VICE, DAVID H BERNSTEIN , PRO HAC VICE, ELIZABETH CHEEVER MURPHY , JOSEPH M ENGLERT , JOSEPH D WARGO , James C. Clark, Jr. , MANYA S DEEHR , PRO HAC VICE, MICHAEL S FRENCH , MICHAEL WOLAK, III , THOMAS F GRISTINA & William L. Tucker .

FIDOPHARM INC, Defendant, represented by BRUCE P KELLER , PRO HAC VICE, DAVID H BERNSTEIN , PRO HAC VICE, ELIZABETH CHEEVER MURPHY , JOSEPH M ENGLERT , JOSEPH D WARGO , James C. Clark, Jr. , MANYA S DEEHR , PRO HAC VICE, MICHAEL S FRENCH , MICHAEL WOLAK, III , THOMAS F GRISTINA & William L. Tucker .

VELCERA INC, Counter Claimant, represented by BRUCE P KELLER , PRO HAC VICE, DAVID H BERNSTEIN , PRO HAC VICE, ELIZABETH CHEEVER MURPHY , JOSEPH M ENGLERT , JOSEPH D WARGO , James C. Clark, Jr. , MANYA S DEEHR , PRO HAC VICE, MICHAEL S FRENCH , MICHAEL WOLAK, III , THOMAS F GRISTINA & William L. Tucker .

FIDOPHARM INC, Counter Claimant, represented by BRUCE P KELLER , PRO HAC VICE, DAVID H BERNSTEIN , PRO HAC VICE, ELIZABETH CHEEVER MURPHY , JOSEPH M ENGLERT , JOSEPH D WARGO , James C. Clark, Jr. , MANYA S DEEHR , PRO HAC VICE, MICHAEL S FRENCH , MICHAEL WOLAK, III , THOMAS F GRISTINA & William L. Tucker .

Merial Limited, Counter Defendant, represented by EDWARD D TOLLEY , Frank G Smith, III , Alston and Bird, J Patrick Elsevier , Jones Day, Jason Demian Rosenberg , Alston & Bird LLP, Judy de Leon Jarecki Black , MATTHEW WOLFF HOWELL , ALSTON & BIRD LLP & NADYA MUNASIFI SAND .

Merial SAS, Counter Defendant, represented by EDWARD D TOLLEY , Frank G Smith, III , Alston and Bird, J Patrick Elsevier , Jones Day, Jason Demian Rosenberg , Alston & Bird LLP, Judy de Leon Jarecki Black , MATTHEW WOLFF HOWELL , ALSTON & BIRD LLP & NADYA MUNASIFI SAND .


ORDER

CLAY D. LAND, District Judge.

Merial Limited and Merial SAS (collectively "Merial") filed this action against Defendants Velcera, Inc. and FidoPharm Inc. (collectively "Velcera"), asserting claims under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125, and under Georgia law. Velcera responded by filing a Counterclaim against Merial for false or misleading advertising under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and for deceptive trade practices...

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