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To: Michael Stavy who wrote (3789)	7/6/1999 12:37:00 PM
From: Michael Stavy	of 8393

It is not only little companies that have patent protection issues. Look at this news about Gillette ---------------------------------------------------------------- ASDA Starts Legal Action Against Gillette LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket chain ASDA said Tuesday it was starting legal action against Gillette Co (NYSE:G - news) to defend its right to sell a flexible shaving system. ASDA said the U.S. multinational wanted it to cease advertising the fact that ASDA's three-blade razor, called Tri-Flex, also fit on to Gillette handles. ASDA said in a statement it was filing a writ at the High Court in London Tuesday seeking a ''declaration of non-infringement,'' allowing it to continue to tell customers about Tri-Flex's adaptability. ASDA said Boston-based Gillette had 28 days to respond to the writ. ''We are selling the Tri-Flex now and we have no intention of stopping. All we are doing is offering the best possible price,'' an ASDA spokesman said. ''Gillette's concerns may spring from facing an unexpected low-price competitor,'' he said. The ASDA statement gave a price comparison, which it said showed the recommended retail price in Britain of its Tri-Flex, with a handle and four razor cartridges, was cheaper than Gillette's Mach3 system with two cartridges. ASDA's move in the British courts came in the wake of Gillette's own lawsuit against the makers of the Tri-Flex, American Safety Razor Co of Verona, Virginia. Gillette filed the suit in a U.S. District Court in Boston on June 4, accusing American Safety of infringing on its patents with the Tri-Flex and other products and infringing on trade dress and other intellectual property with the packaging. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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