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9 August 2019

SCOTUS To Address Whether Lanham Act Requires Willful Infringement For Profit Disgorgement

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Litigation partner and Advertising Litigation Co-chair Norman C. Simon, with associate Patrick J. Campbell, authored a New York Law Journal article titled “SCOTUS to Address Whether Lanham Act Requires Willful Infringement for Profit Disgorgement,” which was published on Aug. 6, 2019. The article examines how the Supreme Court’s expected decision in 'Romag' will bring welcome uniformity to false advertising and trademark infringement litigants, resolving a long standing circuit split on whether or not a showing of willfulness is required under the Lanham Act to recover a defendant’s profits in such cases.

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