Judge Awards Mask Maker $5,000 In UCL, Trademark Suit, Cites Counterfeiter’s Refunds

Mealey's (November 9, 2022, 1:16 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge awarded a Hong Kong company with a trademark for disposable face masks $5,000 in statutory damages against a company that sold infringing copies of its masks, rejecting its request for $70,000 in damages based on evidence that the counterfeiter refunded all infringing purchases and denying the trademark-holder’s request for attorney fees “because the case is not ‘exceptional.’”...

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