Legal Opinion
American Home Products Corp. v. Johnson & Johnson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 1, 1986No. 85 Civ. 4858 (WCC)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge:
Plaintiff American Home Products Corp. (“AHP”), brought this action against defendants McNeilab, Inc. (“McNeil”), McNeil’s parent company, Johnson & Johnson, and two of McNeil’s advertising agencies, Saatchi & Saatchi Compton, Inc. and Kallir Philips Ross Inc., alleging that defendants engaged in false and misleading advertising in violation of section 43(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (“the Lanham Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (1982), sections 349(h) and 350-d(3) of the New York General Business Law, N.Y.Gen.Bus. Law §§ 349(h), 350-d(3)…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. WestoverSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Dairy Queen, Inc. v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Barton v. BarbourSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,959 Frank Lanza, Jr. v. Drexel & Co., Theodore J. Kircher and Christie F. VitoloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Rosen v. DickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Richardson Greenshields Securities, Inc. v. Mui-Hin LauDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- Berisford Capital Corp. v. Syncom Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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