Top Brand LLC et al v. Cozy Comfort Company LLC et al

  1. September 09, 2025

    Hoodie Co. Wants $3.6M In Fees After Trial Loss Overturned

    A sweatshirt maker wants $3.6 million in attorney fees from a rival after a $21 million judgment that forced it into bankruptcy was overturned by the Federal Circuit in July, saying the judgment was based on meritless allegations all along.

  2. January 28, 2025

    Judge Says The Comfy Sweatshirt Injunction Wasn't Violated

    The startup behind The Comfy, a large and heavy sweatshirt featured in an episode of "Shark Tank," failed Tuesday to convince a federal judge in Arizona that a rival was breaking an injunction by deliberately selling infringing sweatshirts on Amazon in an $18 million patent and trademark case. 

  3. December 05, 2024

    Judge Snubs Bid For $1M Bond On $22M 'Comfy' IP Verdict

    An Arizona federal judge on Wednesday rejected a retailer's bid to pay a $1 million bond while appealing a $22 million judgment against it for infringing the design patents of Cozy Comfort Co., the maker of the "Comfy" sweatshirt featured on "Shark Tank."

  4. November 01, 2024

    'Shark Tank' Sweatshirt Biz Wants Rival Sanctioned

    The startup company behind The Comfy, a large and heavy sweatshirt featured in an episode of "Shark Tank," asked an Arizona federal judge to sanction the founder of a company it won an $18 million verdict against for infringing multiple design patents and trademarks for allegedly continuing to sell his enjoined products.

  5. July 02, 2024

    'Shark Tank' Sweatshirt Biz Lands Injunction, But No Atty Fees

    The startup behind "The Comfy" sweatshirt featured in an episode of "Shark Tank" that won an $18 million verdict against a rival sweatshirt brand has secured an injunction against the competitor, but it has failed to collect nearly $2 million in requested legal fees on account of "quarrelsome conduct on both sides," according to an Arizona federal judge.

  6. July 01, 2024

    $18M Hoodie Blanket Verdict Stands Despite New Design Test

    The Federal Circuit's newly revised test for proving that a design patent is invalid as obvious does not warrant a new trial following an $18.4 million verdict in a dispute between rival makers of wearable hoodie blankets, an Arizona federal judge ruled Friday.

  7. May 15, 2024

    'Misconduct Bingo Card' Warrants $2M In Fees, Co. Says

    Cozy Comfort, maker of the Comfy sweatshirt featured on "Shark Tank," has asked for nearly $2 million in fees — and about $8 million in additional interest — in a suit where a jury found that Chicago hooded sweatshirt retailer Top Brand owed over $18 million for infringing design patents and trademarks.

  8. April 29, 2024

    'Shark Tank' Sweatshirt Biz Cozies Up With $18M IP Verdict

    A federal jury in Phoenix has found that Chicago hooded sweatshirt retailer Top Brand owed over $18 million for infringing design patents and trademarks of two brothers who sell the "Comfy" sweatshirt that was featured in an episode of "Shark Tank."

  9. August 28, 2023

    'Comfy' Wearable Blanket Biz Loses 2 Design Patents

    The blanket-like sweatshirt company that grew out of a "Shark Tank" pitch has lost two of its design patents in Arizona federal court after accusing a rival of infringement and then losing a priority date ruling that turned its own "Comfy" sweatshirts into patent-invalidating prior art.