Its instructions closely track those for the Reliable strips. Insulan immediately filed suit. It also ran ads in the trade literature reproducing the statements on its labels. Cramden denied liability and filed counterclaims. Some Insulan Reliable meters sold after about July 1993 caution that the use of any test strip other than Reliable test strips on those meters violates its U.S. Patents.
Consumers have the right to use Insulan meters without paying exorbitant prices for test strips.
Insulan's IP attorney has never before considered copyright but wants to enjoin Cramden from copying its instructions. If you answer more, I will count only the first 20. The patent and copyright clause of the Constitution is the source of Congressional power to regulate trademarks. Trade secret protection often requires substantial expense. Statutes often provide that so-called intellectual property is, in law, property.