Michael K. Topalian, Roy Jacobs, Jr., Richard H. Manuel, and Bobby W. McDonald and Armando Lopez v. John N. Ehrman, Etc.

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• holding that district court’s instruction to the jury that “the presumption [of confusion] arises when intent to cause confusion is coupled with the use of a counterfeit mark or a mark virtually identical to a previously registered mark” was an accurate formulation of the law
• “the waiver of sovereign immunity holds as long as the 4 tortfeasor is empowered to search, seize evidence, or arrest”
• “[C]ourts typically calculate 25% of the fund as the ‘benchmark’ 4 for a reasonable fee award, providing adequate explanation in the record of any ‘special 5 circumstances’ justifying a departure.”
• reviewing imposition of sanctions for abuse of discretion

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