Law360, New York (December 2, 2016, 2:34 PM EST) -- A North Carolina federal judge has ordered Wal-Mart to pay $32.5 million for selling a line of “Backyard BBQ” products that “deliberately” infringed the “Backyard” trademark rights of a small Southern discount chain. Just under a year after finding the retail giant infringed the rights of Variety Stores Inc. by choosing the “Backyard” name, U.S. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle issued an order late last month ordering the disgorgement of its profits linked to the offending merchandise – an unusually large sum for a trademark case. Like his early decision, the judge’s Nov. 22 order didn’t mince words, declaring that Wal-Mart...

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