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Shared Names, Separate Profits: What Dewberry Tells Us About Trademark Liability

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in Dewberry Group v. Dewberry Engineers Inc. (23-900 (604 U.S. _____ (2025)), provides important guidance on corporate separateness, trademark enforcement and the scope of damages...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Whose Profits Are These, Anyway? Who Constitutes The Defendant For Purposes of Disgorgement Of Profits In A Trademark Infringement...

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In a unanimous (and unsurprising) decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court vacated an award of nearly $43 million in disgorged profits to a trademark infringement plaintiff because those profits were not attributable to the...more

Jones Day

Affiliates (Currently) Off the Hook: Supreme Court Vacates $43M Trademark Infringement Award

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The Supreme Court vacates a decision treating a company and its affiliates as "one and the same" for purposes of disgorging profits for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, but leaves many questions unaddressed....more

Bracewell LLP

Veil-Piercing Update: Supreme Court Restores the Status Quo, For Now

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The US Supreme Court unanimously declined to reshape the corporate veil-piercing doctrine when presented with the opportunity to do so in Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc. On February 26, 2025, the Supreme...more

McDermott Will & Emery

SCOTUS: Trademark Infringement Damages Award Includes Only the Named Defendant’s Profits

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In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States vacated and remanded a damages award for willful infringement under the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1117(a)) in Dewberry Group Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc.,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court Limits Lanham Act Disgorgement to Named Defendants’ Profits

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On February 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the petitioner in Dewberry Group Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc., holding that a disgorgement of “defendant’s profits” under the Lanham Act may...more

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