§ 548.114 — Remedies

Iowa § 548.114

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 548: REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF MARKS

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1. The owner of a mark registered under this chapter may proceed by suit to enjoin the
manufacture, use, display, or sale of any counterfeits or imitations of the mark and any court
may grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display, or sale as the court deems
just and reasonable, and may require the defendants to pay to such owner all profits derived
from or all damages suffered by reason of such wrongful manufacture, use, display, or sale.
The court may also order that any counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the
control of a defendant be delivered to an officer of the court, or to the complainant, to be
destroyed. The court, in its discretion, may enter judgment for an amount not to exceed three
times such profits and damages and reasonable attorney fees of the prevailing party in cases
where the court finds the other party committed such wrongful acts with knowledge or in bad
faith or otherwise as according to the circumstances of the case.
2. The enumeration of any right or remedy in this section shall not affect a registrant’s
right to prosecute under any penal law of this state.

Legislative History

[C97, §5050, 5051; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9871 – 9873, 9875; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §548.7 – 548.9, 548.11; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §548.11]