LEVER BROS. CO. v. PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING

Civ. A. Nos. 84-4188 (AJL), 85-2501 (AJL).

668 F.Supp. 924 (1987)

LEVER BROTHERS COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. The PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, Defendant. The PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. LEVER BROTHERS COMPANY, Defendant, J.L. Prescott Company, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

September 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berj A. Terzian, Pennie & Edmonds, New York City, David M. McCann, Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, N.J., for Lever Bros. Co. and J.L. Prescott Co.

Jerome G. Lee, Morgan & Finnegan, New York City, Frank L. Bate, Shanley & Fisher, P.C., Morristown, N.J., for Procter & Gamble Co.


LECHNER, District Judge.

This consolidated action involves cross-claims for patent infringement brought by the makers and/or distributors of the products "Bounce" and "Snuggle." Bounce and Snuggle are the small sheets used in automatic clothes dryers to reduce the static, and to enhance the fluffiness, of dried laundry. The parties refer to their products as "fabric softeners." Jurisdiction over this action is asserted by way of 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a). Venue in...

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