Legal Opinion
Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1982No. 80-2182PublishedCited by 1,296 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
This action requires us to consider the circumstances under which a manufacturer of a generic drug, designed to duplicate the appearance of a similar drug marketed by a competitor under a registered trademark, can be held vicariously liable for infringement of that trademark by pharmacists who dispense the generic drug.
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In 1955, respondent Ives Laboratories, Inc. (Ives), received a patent on the drug cyclandelate, a vasodilator used in long-term therapy for peripheral and cerebral vascular diseases. Until its patent expired in 1972, Ives retained the exclusive right to make and sell the drug,…
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