Legal Opinion
Merisant Co. v. McNeil Nutritionals, LLC
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 12, 2007No. Civil Action No. 04-5504PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum and Order
PRATTER, District Judge.
Merisant Company, Inc. (“Merisant”) alleges that McNeil Nutritionals, LLC and McNeil-PPC, Inc. (collectively, “McNeil”) engaged in false and misleading advertising with respect to Splenda No Calorie Sweetener in violation of Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125, and the Pennsylvania common law of unfair competition. Jury selection proceeded on April 9, and counsel presented opening arguments on April 10, 2007. The parties engaged in extensive discovery activities and exchanged pretrial memoranda several weeks before trial began, leading…
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