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Willful-infringement period reduces award in US trademark suit

By Nick Robertson ( January 3, 2025, 22:04 GMT | Insight) -- A federal judge in Connecticut reduced his original trademark infringement damage award in a dispute over racing sailboats from over $2 million to about $450,000 on remand from the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals, amid a conflict over notice for willful infringement.The estate of racing sailboat designer Bruce Kirby is entitled to $451,094 in Lanham Act damages for trademark infringement by boat manufacturers LaserPerformance (LPE) and Quarter Moon (QMI), US District Judge Jeffrey Meyer ruled....

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