Lontex Awarded Additional Damages from Nike
The Eager Beavertons’ motion for a new trial was denied by a Philadelphia, PA, district court judge, while plaintiff Lontex’s damage award was increased to $791,000, after winning a jury verdict in Dec. that Nike had infringed on its Cool Compression trademark. The compensatory damages awarded by the jury amounted to just $142,000, and the judge trebled that number to $426,000 based on the jury finding that Nike acted willfully. The total is still far below the damages that ... Log in to view full article.