In Brief: Schering-Plough v. Tanning Research Labs
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Schering-Plough v. Tanning Research Labs: Patent infringement suit filed by Coppertone manufacturer Schering-Plough against Tanning Research Labs settled, Schering-Plough announced April 17. Schering-Plough claimed in the suit that a sunscreen emulsion used in a number of Tanning Research Labs' sun care formulations infringed a Schering-Plough patent. Tanning Research Labs manufactures Hawaiian Tropic and a number of private-label brands. Although terms of the settlement were undisclosed, a consent judgment and permanent injunction filed in the New Jersey District Court proclaims TRL's acknowledgment of the validity and infringement of Schering's patent and bars the firm from manufacturing and selling any additional products using the emulsion formula, according to Schering-Plough...