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Supreme Court Curtails Disgorgement in Trademark Infringement Case

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On February 26, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision limiting the scope of an award of the “defendant’s profits” in trademark infringement suits under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1117(a), to only those...more

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Supreme Court Holds that Willfulness is Not Required for Disgorgement of Profits Under the Lanham Act

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Under Section 1117(a) of the Trademark Act, courts may award the plaintiff's lost profits or the defendant's profits resulting from a violation of the statute. The Supreme Court decided today that while a defendant's mental...more

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Romag v. Fossil: is “willfulness” the “principle of equity” or the “big kahuna,” or is this all “much ado about nothing”?

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The Supreme Court oral argument in the trademark case Romag v. Fossil provided an entertaining view of what some may consider a dry topic: legislative intent for damages awards in a trademark infringement case. Not to be...more

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Supreme Court to Consider Profit Disgorgement in Trademark Cases

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The Supreme Court of the United States granted writ of certiorari to consider the issue of profit disgorgement under 15 USC § 1117(a). Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., et al., Case No. 18-1233 (S. Ct. June 28, 2019)....more

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Supreme Court to Settle Standard for Obtaining Trademark Infringer’s Profits

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Trademark infringement plaintiffs have long argued that because actual damages in trademark infringement cases are often difficult to measure, receiving a cut of an infringer’s profits is in many cases the only meaningful...more

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Supreme Court Decision Will Have Huge Economic Impact On Trademark Infringement Damages

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The Supreme Court has agreed to resolve a circuit split over when a court can order the payment of an infringer’s profits to a successful plaintiff as a measure of damages. The matter comes to the Supreme Court as an appeal...more

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Supreme Court to Decide Two Trademark Cases

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The Supreme Court of the United States recently granted certiorari in two trademark cases. In Romag Fasteners v. Fossil, the Court will consider whether courts can order trademark infringers to disgorge their profits without...more

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SCOTUS to Decide Whether the Lanham Act Requires Proof of Willfulness for Disgorgement of Profits

On Friday, June 28, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc. to decide whether a showing of willfulness is necessary to obtain a defendant’s profits under the Lanham Act....more

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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Trademark Owner Must Prove Willful Infringement to Obtain an Infringer's Profits

Under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), trademark holder who proves infringement may receive as damages an award of profits “subject to the principles of equity.” This phrase has divided the circuit courts going back several decades, with...more

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Will SCOTUS Resolve the Circuit Split on Key Trademark Damages Issue?

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A petition for writ of certiorari pending before the U.S. Supreme Court asks the Court to decide whether a plaintiff must prove willful infringement to obtain an award of a trademark infringer’s profits for a violation of 15...more

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Toxic Tort Monitor – January 2018

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A Review of 2017 Personal Jurisdiction Decisions - In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court in cases such as BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California continued the trend that began in...more

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Federal Circuit Review - December 2017

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Claims Directed to Methods for Streaming Audiovisual Data Held Unpatentable Under § 101 - In Two-Way Media Ltd v. Comcast Cable Communications, Appeal Nos. 2016-2531, 2016-2532, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district...more

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The Apple May Not Fall Far from the Fashion Industry

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In 2011, Apple sued Samsung alleging among other things that various portions of Samsung smartphone products infringed claims of certain design patents owned by Apple (Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.). In 2012,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act: 2016 Year in Review

We are pleased to present Bradley’s annual review of significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases, developments, and trends. From a relatively short article several years ago, the Review has grown to a significant publication...more

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Second Circuit Court of Appeals Holds That Supreme Court’s Comcast Decision Does Not Prohibit Class Certification Where Damages...

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has released its much-anticipated decision in Roach v. T.L Cannon Corp., addressing the Supreme Court’s Comcast Corp. v. Behrend decision in connection with a wage and hour class action...more

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