Legal Opinion
Ethicon, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Company
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 18, 1973No. Civ. A. 344-73PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
COOLAHAN, District Judge:
Plaintiff 1 and defendant 2 are companies doing business in pharmaceuticals and compete in the surgical suture field. Defendant holds a United States patent, No. 3,297,033, granted January 10, 1967, on absorbable surgical sutures. 3 Plaintiff has manufactured in the United States and has shipped to Great Britain plaintiff’s latest model of absorbable surgical sutures. Suit in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, of the British courts was brought by defendant against plaintiff’s sister company, Ethicon, Limited, incorporated in Great Britain,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Japan Gas Lighter Association v. Ronson Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1966
- Treemond Co. v. Schering CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Hook v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Sweetheart Plastics, Inc. v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Akzona Inc. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1987
- Enka B. V. v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1981
- Joint Stock Society v. UDV North America, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1999
- Heerema Marine Contractors v. Santa Fe International Corp.District Court, C.D. California · 1984
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Abbott LaboratoriesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2004
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