Energizer Announces Federal Judge's Ruling Clarifying...
23.06.2005 / 08:43 / Rubriek: Informatief / Organisatie: Energizer holdings
Energizer Holdings, Inc. Announces Federal Judge's Ruling Clarifying Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Gillette From Making False Advertising Claims for Its Mach 3 Power Razor
ST. LOUIS, June 23/PRNewswire/ --
Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ENR), today announced that Judge Janet C. Hall of the United States District Court, District of Connecticut, denied Gillette's motion for clarification to limit the applicability of her May 31, 2005 preliminary injunction. Judge Hall ruled that the injunction requires Gillette to remove from M3 Power packaging the claim that micropulses stimulate hair up and away from skin. 'The court specifically addressed 'raises up and away' as literally false in its May 31, 2005 ruling. The word 'stimulates' does not alter the meaning when used in conjunction with 'up and away." Gillette is required to 'take all reasonable steps to sticker such language on packaging in the possession and control of third parties', including retailers and distributors. The ruling also emphasizes that the injunction applies to all forms of Gillette's U.S. M3 Power advertising, including television and radio, mailings, the internet and packaging. Judge Hall rejected Gillette's arguments that the preliminary injunction did not prohibit the claim that micropulses stimulate hair up and away from skin and did not apply to packages already at retail stores.
Energizer Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is the parent company of Schick-Wilkinson Sword, the second largest manufacturer of wet shave products in the world.
Web site: www.energizer.com
Source: Energizer Holdings, Inc.
Jacqueline E. Burwitz, Vice President, Investor Relations, of Energizer Holdings, Inc., +1-314-985-2169