Legal Opinion
Merck & Co. v. Mediplan Health Consulting, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 30, 2006No. 05 CIV. 3650(DC), 05 CIV. 3696(DC), 05 CIV. 3698(DC), 05 CIV. 3699(DC), 05 CIV. 3700(DC), 05 CIV. 3701(DC)PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In these six related cases, defendants operate Canadian online pharmacies. Through interactive websites, they offer for sale to U.S. consumers generic versions of plaintiffs’ popular cholesterol medication, Zocor. In listing their products, certain defendants use plaintiffs’ trademark ZOCOR, identifying their products as “generic ZOCOR” or some variation thereof. Certain defendants also use plaintiffs’ stylized ZOCOR logo, and several defendants also have purchased sponsored links from the Internet search companies Google and Yahoo, so that consumers who search the…
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