BOSTON (AP) — The Gillette Co. has opened a new front in the battle of the blades, filing a second patent infringement lawsuit against rival Schick-Wilkinson Sword.
The latest case, filed Dec. 5 in U.S. District Court in Boston, alleges Schick's Intuition women's razor infringes on two Gillette patents — one pertaining to the organizer, or tray the razor sits in, and a second pertaining to blade packaging.
In a previous lawsuit, Boston-based Gillette alleged Schick's new four-bladed Quattro razor also infringed on Gillette's patents. Gillette's request for a preliminary injunction blocking the sale of Quattro in that case is being considered by a judge.
"We vigorously defend our intellectual property," Gillette spokesman Eric Kraus said Tuesday.
A spokesman for St. Louis-based Energizer Holdings, which owns Schick-Wilkinson Sword, did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment. The latest suit seeks unspecified damages.