Legal Opinion
American Home Products Corp. v. Johnson & Johnson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 29, 1977No. 77 Civ. 1363PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEWART, District Judge.
Plaintiff American Home Products Corporation (“AHP”) manufactures and distributes the brand-name drug Anacin through it marketing subsidiary Whitehall Laboratories. The defendant McNeil Laboratories, Inc. (“McNeil”), a subsidiary of defendant Johnson and Johnson, manufactures and distributes the brand-name drug Tylenol. Both Anacin and Tylenol are mild internal analgesics which are sold over-the-counter (“OTC”) without a prescription. Anacin is a compound of aspirin (“ASA”), which gives it its analgesic property, and caffeine. Tylenol’s analgesic ingredient is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- California Apparel Creators v. Wieder of California, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Skil Corporation v. Rockwell International Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1974
- Colligan v. Activities Club of New York, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Resort Car Rental System, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Warner-Lambert Company v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Richardson-Vicks, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Johnson & Johnson v. Carter-Wallace, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- mcneil-p.c.c., Inc. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Vidal Sassoon, Inc. v. Bristol-Myers CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Gimix, Inc. v. Js & a Group, Inc., Auto Page, Inc., and Iwata Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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