Taco Cabana International, Inc. v. Two Pesos, Inc.

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• recognizing that enhancement is appropriate only where the damages awarded fail to adequately compensate a plaintiff
• finding that the district judge did not abuse his discretion in awarding enhanced damages where there was “substantial evidence of willful infringement”
• stating that “we have suggested that enhancement could, consistent with the ‘principles of equity’ promoted in section 35(a), provide proper redress to an otherwise un-dercompensated plaintiff where imprecise damage calculations fail to do justice”
• affirming an award of attorneys' fees where the defendant acted with the intent to reduce the plaintiff's sales
• holding district court has “considerable discretion in fashioning an appropriate remedy for infringement”
• affirming an award of attorneys’ fees where the defendant acted with the intent to reduce the plaintiffs sales

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).