15 U.S.C. § 1118

Destruction of infringing articles

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In any action arising under this chapter, in which a violation of any right of the registrant of a mark registered in the Patent and Trademark Office, a violation under section 1125(a) of this title, or a willful violation under section 1125(c) of this title, shall have been established, the court may order that all labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles, and advertisements in the possession of the defendant, bearing the registered mark or, in the case of a violation of section 1125(a) of this title or a willful violation under section 1125(c) of this title, the word, term, name, symbol, device, combination thereof, designation, description, or representation that is the subject of the violation, or any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation thereof, and all plates, molds, matrices, and other means of making the same, shall be delivered up and destroyed. The party seeking an order under this section for destruction of articles seized under section 1116(d) of this title shall give ten days’ notice to the United States attorney for the judicial district in which such order is sought (unless good cause is shown for lesser notice) and such United States attorney may, if such destruction may affect evidence of an offense against the United States, seek a hearing on such destruction or participate in any hearing otherwise to be held with respect to such destruction.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 134 cases (65 in the last 5 years), 1952–2026 · leading case: Pepsico, Inc. v. California Sec. Cans, 238 F. Supp. 2d 1172 (C.D. Cal. 2002).

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Pepsico, Inc. v. California Sec. Cans, 238 F. Supp. 2d 1172 (C.D. Cal. 2002). “Plaintiffs may destroy all labels, signs, prints, boxes, packages, advertisements, catalogs, cans, containers, bottles, and all promotional or other material given to Plaintiffs by Defendant bearing the PEPSI, DIET PEPSI, MOUNTAIN DEW, and AQUA-FINA trademarks or any other…”

Lyons P'ship, L.P. v. D & L Amusement & Ent., Inc., 702 F. Supp. 2d 104 (E.D.N.Y 2010). · cites it 3× “Instead, they ask that the goods and marks at issue be “surrendered, impounded, and destroyed pursuant to [the] Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1118 and Copyright Act, 17 U.”

Fendi Adele S.R.L. v. Filene's Basement, Inc., 696 F. Supp. 2d 368 (S.D.N.Y. 2010). · cites it 4× “§ 1116 (a); (6) Plaintiffs are entitled to an order, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1118 , “directing the destruction *372 of counterfeit and other infringing goods in Defendants’ possession”; and (7) Plaintiffs are entitled to an accounting of Defendants’ profits because “Defendants’…”

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Book Dog Books, LLC, 327 F. Supp. 3d 606 (S.D. Ill. 2018). “" 15 U.S.C. § 1118 ; see Jab Distrib., LLC v.”

Breaking the Chain Found., Inc. v. Capitol Educ. Support, Inc., 589 F. Supp. 2d 25 (D.D.C. 2008). · cites it 2× “Other Equitable Relief Finally, Plaintiff requests additional equitable relief and moves the Court to order Defendant to deliver to Plaintiff for destruction - all papers, signs, labels, prints, packages, advertising, or other promotional-materials in Defendant’s possession or…”

Graduate Mgmt. Admission Council v. Raju, 267 F. Supp. 2d 505 (E.D. Va. 2003). · cites it 3× “It is further ORDERED that, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1118 , defendant is DIRECTED either to deliver to plaintiff or destroy all software, computer screen printouts, advertisements, labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles, and all other materials in his possession…”

Steele v. Bulova Watch Co., 344 U.S. 280 (1952). · cites it 2× “§ 1117 (profits, damages and costs); § 36, 15 U. S. C. § 1118 (destruction of infringing articles); § 38, 15 U.”

Knitwaves, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Lollytogs Ltd. (Inc.) D/B/A French Toast, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, 71 F.3d 996 (2d Cir. 1995). “) Only two aspects of the judgment were ordered solely under the Lanham Act and thus must be vacated—its order, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1118 , that Lollytogs allow Knitwaves to verify the infringing sweaters remaining in its possession and to witness their destruction, and its…”

Whittaker Corp. Whittaker Controls, Inc. v. Execuair Corp. Execuair Sales Corp. David Manhan, 953 F.2d 510 (9th Cir. 1992). “15 U.S.C. § 1118 . The California Business and Professions Code provides: (a) .”

Moroccanoil, Inc. v. Allstate Beauty Prods., Inc., 847 F. Supp. 2d 1197 (C.D. Cal. 2012). “printing devices, labels, packing, bottles, advertising or any other items listed in 15 U.S.C. § 1118 or otherwise used in the manufacture, publicity, advertising or sale of products bearing any counterfeits of the Moroccanoil Trademarks.”

Neva, Inc. v. Christian Duplications Int'l, Inc., 743 F. Supp. 1533 (M.D. Fla. 1990). · cites it 2× “(F) Destruction of infringing articles pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1118 Section 1118 empowers a court to order the violating party to have the infringing articles “delivered up and destroyed.”

Fendi S.A.S. Di Paola Fendi E Sorelle v. Cosmetic World, Ltd., 642 F. Supp. 1143 (S.D.N.Y. 1986). · cites it 2× “Prior to the 1984 anti-counterfeiting amendments, 15 U.S.C. § 1118 explicitly permitted the destruction of only “labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles, and advertisements in the possession of the defendant, bearing the registered mark or any reproduction,…”

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