TECH NEWS – Through this planned lawsuit, they aim to ensure that consumers receive their share of the tariff refunds paid to Logitech.

The class-action lawsuit filed against Logitech aims to recover money allegedly extracted from U.S. consumers due to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. A construction company, SJK Development, and a California resident are leading the lawsuit. They claim that they paid higher prices for Logitech mice due to the tariffs. The lawsuit was filed last week in the San Jose division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Although Logitech did not publicly announce the price increases, the lawsuit notes that company executives discussed higher prices and profits in connection with offsetting the tariffs during subsequent earnings reports. In February of this year, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Trump administration’s IEEPA tariffs after ruling that the U.S. president lacks the authority to impose them. Since then, Logitech has received $61 million as part of the refund process. The goal of the lawsuit is to secure a ruling that would require Logitech to pass on a portion of its revenue to its customers.

“This case involves a large multinational corporation and its U.S. subsidiary taking advantage of customers who rely on manufacturers’ integrity to sell products in good faith. The defendant was dishonest with their customers by raising prices across their product catalog to allegedly account for tariff-related costs and then failed to return those proceeds when the US Supreme Court declared the tariffs unlawful. The company’s CFO, Mr. Anversa, attributed the company’s expanded gross margins — up approximately 130 basis points year-over-year in the fourth quarter — in part to the pricing actions executed by Logitech’s United States subsidiary in April 2025. Mr. Anversa stated that these pricing actions, together with favorable currency movements, more than offset the effects of tariffs and promotions. Logitech has been—and, without relief, will continue to be—enriched twice over at its customers’ expense. First, through the tariff-justified overcharges collected from plaintiffs and the class. Second, through the government’s refund, with interest, of the very duties those overcharges were meant to cover,” the filing says.

Several other tech companies, including Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, have also become targets of similar legal proceedings related to customs refunds. Earlier this month, Arctic, a manufacturer of PC cooling equipment, announced it was reversing the price increase on its components for U.S. customers after receiving a refund. We do not believe this will be the last class-action lawsuit filed in connection with price increases caused by tariffs. Whatever the outcome, it will likely be some time before a meaningful resolution is reached.

Source: PCGamer, CPM Legal