Willfulness Showing Not Required For Award Of Profits, Supreme Court Says

Mealey's (April 23, 2020, 11:02 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a ruling issued April 23, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated and remanded to the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals its March 2016 holding that a trademark owner is barred from seeking profits from a trademark infringer without first establishing willfulness (Romag Fasteners Inc. v. Fossil Inc., et al., No. 18-1233, U.S. Sup.)....