Legal Opinion

Eli Lilly & Company, an Indiana Corporation v. Natural Answers, Incorporated, a Florida Corporation, and Brian A. Feinstein

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 21, 2000No. 00-1375PublishedCited by 180 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

When Internet start-up Natural Answers, Inc. began marketing a line of herbal products called Herbscriptions, we assume it hoped to avoid getting embroiled in a nasty court fight, especially one with a global pharmaceutical giant like the Eli Lilly company. But no such luck, for here it is (along with its founder Brian Fein-stein), asking us to reverse a district court order, granted on Lilly’s motion for a preliminary injunction, which stopped Natural Answers from marketing its herbal “mood elevator” HERBROZAC. Although Natural Answers does its best to paint…

2Cases cited36 opinions

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3Cited by180 opinions

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