High Court Hears Arguments On Lanham Act Disgorgement Rules

( December 12, 2024, 9:17 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Dec. 11 regarding a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision affirming a $43 million disgorgement award entered in a real estate company’s favor in a trademark infringement dispute with an entity it said infringed its marks, with the parties sparring over whether the Fourth Circuit and a Virginia federal court were correct to include profits from entities affiliated with the alleged infringer in damages calculations....