Mead Johnson & Co. v. Baby's Formula Service, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
402 F.2d 19 · 1968
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably Burger King Corp. v. Mason (1983), Donsco, Inc. v. Casper Corp. (1978)
11 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McLean v. Fleming · Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Du Bois Brewing Co. · Ambrosia Chocolate Co. v. Ambrosia Cake Bakery, Inc. · Ambrosia Chocolate Co. v. Ambrosia Cake Bakery, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[tjhere can be no doubt but that a trademark ... can be infringed by an individ ual. It is infringed when an individual performs the act or does the things that the patent or trademark law protects against. The fact that the persons thus acting are acting for a corporation also, of course, may make the corporation liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior. It does not relieve the individuals of their responsibility.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because of its very nature a corporation can act only through individuals. 'Obviously...if there was an infringement by the corporation, this infringement was caused by some one or more persons either officers or employees of the corporation who caused the acts to be done.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.