JOHNSON & JOHNSON v. WEISSBARD


11 N.J. 552 (1953)

95 A.2d 403

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET COMPANY AND LAMBERT PHARMACAL COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. HARRY WEISSBARD AND MAX WEISSBARD, PARTNERS TRADING AS WEISSBARD BROS., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO. (U.S.A.) INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. HARRY WEISSBARD AND MAX WEISSBARD, INDIVIDUALLY AND TRADING AS WEISSBARD BROS., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 2, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph H. Stamler argued the cause for appellant Johnson & Johnson (Messrs. Lorentz & Stamler, attorneys).

Mr. Edward J. O'Mara argued the cause for appellant Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company (Messrs. O'Mara, Schumann, Davis & Lynch, attorneys).

Mr. William H. Osborne, Jr., argued the cause for appellant Lambert Pharmacal Company (Messrs. Pitney, Hardin & Ward, attorneys).

Mr. Leo Blumberg argued the cause for appellant Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc. (Messrs. Gross & Blumberg, attorneys).

Mr. Sanford Freedman argued the cause for respondents (Mr. Samuel Kaufman and Mr. John M. Kaufman on the brief; Messrs. Bilder, Bilder & Kaufman, attorneys).


The opinion of the court was delivered by HEHER, J.

The issues here are ruled by the principles applied in the companion cases of Johnson & Johnson v. Charmley Drug Co., 11 N.J. 526, and Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. v. Weissbard Bros., 11 N.J. 541.

The judgments or orders under appeal vacated injunctions directed to defendants, prohibiting the advertising for sale, offering for sale...

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