Fastener Firm To High Court: Infringer’s Profits Award Requires No Willfulness

Mealey's (October 4, 2019, 11:22 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A fastener manufacturer tells the U.S. Supreme Court in its Sept. 13 opening merits brief that the Lanham Act does not require a trademark holder to prove that a defendant acted willfully in infringing its mark, arguing that the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals incorrectly read this provision into the statute (Romag Fasteners Inc. v. Fossil Inc., et al., No. 18-1233, U.S. Sup.)....