Johnson & Johnson v. Weissbard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bodine, J.

The appellants have for years been engaged in the production, sale and distribution of pharmaceutical preparations bearing distinctive trade-marks, brands or names. They sought to restrain the defendants from selling and advertising for sale, or offering for sale in their stores products made by appellants for a less price than that fixed for resale. Chapter 58, P. L. 1935 p. 140, was designed to secure to the appellants this right. Our statute is a counterpart of the statute recently adopted in many states, notably Illinois and New York.

The…