Legal Opinion
Carter-Wallace, Inc. v. Gillette Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 15, 1982No. Civ. A. No. 77-3186-MAPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION
MAZZONE, District Judge.
This matter was remanded to this Court to reconsider its finding of obviousness without giving any weight to the fact that the formula was arrived at by experimentation rather than inventive genius. Carter-Wallace, Inc. v. The Gillette Company, 675 F.2d 10, at 15 (1st Cir. 1982). I was also advised to review my finding on criticality as well because it was so intertwined with the obviousness issue. My original opinion was reported at 531 F.Supp. 840 (D.Mass. 1981).
The primary basis on which my opinion rested was the failure of Carter-Wallace to…
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- Duplan Corp. v. Deering Milliken, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1977
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. v. Sales Affiliates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Kwik Set, Inc. v. Welch Grape Juice Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Duplan Corp. v. Deering Milliken Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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- Carter-Wallace, Inc. v. Gillette CoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983