Legal Opinion
Conopco, Inc. v. May Department Stores Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 21, 1994No. Nos. 92-1412 to 92-1416PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
Defendants May Department Stores Co. (May), Venture Stores, Inc. (Venture), The Benjamin Ansehl Co. (Ansehl), and Kessler Containers Ltd. (Kessler) appeal the judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, entered January 2, 1992 after a bench trial. Conopco, Inc. v. May Dep’t Stores Co., 784 F.Supp. 648, 24 USPQ2d 1721 (E.D.Mo.1992). The District Court ruled that defendants willfully infringed a package of proprietary rights owned by plaintiff Conopeo, Inc. d/b/a Chesebrough-Pond’s U.S.A. Co. (Conopeo) relating to a relaunch of Conopco’s Vaseline…
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