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· 8/22/1996

Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Marion Merrell Dow, Inc.

Citations

  • 93 F.3d 511
  • 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1832
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 21481
  • 1996 WL 474078

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that an advertisement can be literally false if it falsely represents that the product has certain qualities that it does not actually have
  • recognizing different \stan- dards\ of proof for the two types of advertising claims
  • approving corrective advertising as a method of injunctive relief to counter defendant’s false advertising relating to the capabilities of plaintiffs drug
  • vacating a portion of a “permanent injunction” because it “violate[d] Rule 65(d)”
  • vacating a portion of a “permanent injunction” because it “violate[d] Rule 65(d)”
  • corrective advertising appropriate where advertisements falsely represented that two prescription medications could be indiscriminately substituted

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Judges: Magill, Henley, Loken

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