Legal Opinion
International Totalizing Systems, Inc. v. PepsiCo, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 18, 1990No. 89-P-229PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
We are asked to answer the twin essential questions: What did PepsiCo know and when did it know it? We must also decide whether in the rough and tumble world of commerce the manner and morals of the marketplace have been offended in a legally cognizable manner.
As a by-product of the now famous battle between Coke and Pepsi, the so-called “cola war,” in 1978, the defendant, PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo), decided to implement a new, fully electronic vending machine called the X-Vendor. In 1979, PepsiCo selected three companies to manufacture different parts of the machine: LaCrosse Cooler Co. was to…
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