‘Sealtight’ Trademark Holder Tells 8th Circuit It Deserves Disgorgement Of Profits

Mealey's (January 31, 2018, 1:40 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A fastener manufacturer argues in a Jan. 30 brief in the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that an infringement verdict in its favor related to its “Sealtight” trademark should have resulted in an award of disgorgement of the infringer’s profits, saying that the trial court improperly balanced the parties’ equities in denying the award (B&B Hardware Inc. v. Hargis Industries Inc., No. 17-1570 and 17-1755, 8th Cir.)....