Legal Opinion

Ives Laboratories, Inc. v. Darby Drug Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 11, 1979No. 529, Docket 78-7454PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York denying a motion of plaintiff, Ives Laboratories, Inc., for a preliminary injunction, 455 F.Supp. 939 (1978), raises interesting questions of the application of Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Company, 376 U.S. 225, 84 S.Ct. 784, 11 L.Ed.2d 661 (1964) and Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc., 376 U.S. 234, 84 S.Ct. 779, 11 L.Ed.2d 669 (1964), to the imitation of a peripheral vasodilator, dispensed only on a physician’s prescription, once covered by a patent now expired and still…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  3. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974

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  5. Vibrant Sales, Inc. v. The New Body Boutique, Inc., Maximum Exposure Advertising Inc., Harvey S. Fishman and Avram C. FreedbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981

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