Court Declines Review of Case Seeking Crackdown on Counterfeit Goods

Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc.

On February 26, 2025, the Supreme Court reversed a Fourth Circuit decision allowing district courts to require infringing defendants to disgorge the profits of non-party corporate affiliates. The Supreme Court explained that in awarding the “defendant’s profits” to the prevailing plaintiff in a trademark infringement suit under the Lanham Act,...