Divided Panel Upholds Denied Request For $4.5M In Disgorged Profits

Mealey's (April 21, 2020, 11:14 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In an April 20 holding, a dissenting judge sitting by designation in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals argued that an Arizona federal judge erred in denying a trademark owner’s request for $4.5 million in disgorged profits in connection with infringement of the “Stone Creek” trademark (Stone Creek Inc. v. Omnia Italian Design Inc., Nos. 18-15914 19-15167, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 12535)....