A federal judge last week denied The Gillette Co.’s request to block Schick-Wilkinson Sword from selling its new Quattro razor.
Judge Patti Saris of the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts determined that Gillette did not have a reasonable likelihood of success based on the claim of literal infringement, Energizer Holdings, Inc., the parent of Schick-Wilkinson Sword, said.
Quattro, the first four-bladed razor, debuted in September.
Just hours after Schick announced in August that it planned to introduce Quattro, Gillette filed the patent infringement lawsuit against Energizer Holdings, charging that the Schick Quattro razor illegally incorporated blade technology of its three-bladed Mach3 system in the Schick product. The lawsuit asked for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, monetary damages and other relief.
“We are pleased with the court’s decision to deny the preliminary injunction,” Joe Lynch, president, Schick-Wilkinson Sword, said in a statement. “We remain highly confident in our legal position regarding the patent infringement case.”
Energizer, St. Louis, bought the Schick-Wilkinson Sword business in January for $930 million.
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