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DEWBERRY GROUP, INC., FKA DEWBERRY CAPITAL CORP. v. DEWBERRY ENGINEERS INC. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23–900. Argued December 11, 2024—Decided February 26, 2025

The federal Lanham Act provides for a prevailing plaintiff to recover the “defendant’s profits” deriving from improper use of a mark. 15 U. S. C. §1117(a). Dewberry Engineers successfully sued Dewberry Group—a competitor real-estate development company—for trademark infringe- ment under the Lanham Act. Dewberry Group provides services needed to generate rental income from properties owned by separately incor