Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Dragon Pacific International George Sheng

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• holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to apportion trademark damages where the defendant’s suggested methods of apportionment were inadequate
• stating that courts have wide discretion in awarding statutory damages under an analogous provision of the Copyright Act
• stating that a defendant commits two wrongs when his act violates both the Copyright Act and the Lanham Act and that damages may be awarded under both statutes in order to effectuate the purposes of both
• affirming an award of disgorgement of the defendant’s ill-gotten profits under the Lanham Act and statutory damages under the Copyright Act
• discussing “punitive and deterrent purposes” of statutory damages for willful infringement and noting that “statutory damages may serve completely different purposes than actual damages”
• affirming the district court’s decision to treble damages where the court specifically found that defendant willfully infringed plaintiff’s trademarks

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