Prelude to Litigation Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) was a widely used direct α-adrenergic agonist used as a medication to control cold symptoms and to suppress appetite for weight loss.[1] In 1972, an over-the-counter (OTC) Advisory Review Panel considered the safety and efficacy of PPA-containing nasal decongestant medications, leading, in 1976, to a recommendation that the agency label these medications as “generally recognized as safe and effective. [read post]

Irish trade mark cases continue to fascinate the connoisseur, since there is nowhere quite like the Emerald Isle for those curious encounters where grit meets glamour (as where the men from Monte Carlo take on a fish and chip shop from County Monaghan, here) and where a couple of Marie Claires can get their claws out and have a real cat-fight, as happened here. [read post]