AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP. v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Civ. A. No. 87-4097.

668 F.Supp. 446 (1987)

AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON and McNeilab, Inc.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Mannino, Baskin Flaherty Elliott & Mannino, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHAPIRO, District Judge.

Plaintiff American Home Products Corp. ("AHP"), which markets an over-the-counter ("OTC") analgesic ibuprofen sold under the tradename Advil, filed this action arising out of certain national advertising against defendants Johnson & Johnson ("J & J") and its wholly-owned subsidiary McNeilab, Inc. ("McNeil"), which market the advertised product, an OTC analgesic acetaminophen sold under the tradename Tylenol...

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