The computer products company Logitech is facing a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of withholding from customers millions of dollars in tariff refunds after raising prices to offset tariffs that were later declared unlawful by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California this week by the Cotchett, Pitre and McCarthy law firm. Logitech, which sells computer devices like keyboards and mice, has a corporate office in San Jose.

“Logitech blamed tariffs when it raised prices,” said Joe Cotchett, the firm’s founder, in a statement. “Then the Supreme Court struck those tariffs down, and Logitech kept every penny. That’s not passing through costs. That’s pocketing them.”

In early 2025, President Donald Trump used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to place tariffs on almost all new U.S. imports from many countries. IEEPA gives presidents the authority to regulate international commerce after declaring an emergency.

Companies that import goods, including Logitech, had to pay these tariffs to the government. Many companies paid these costs by passing them on to consumers through higher prices.

Logitech increased its U.S. prices on about half of its products by an average of 14% and up to 25%, allegedly without ever telling consumers, according to the lawsuit.

But in 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the president could not use IEEPA to impose tariffs and required that refunds be returned to companies that paid the tariffs.

“Now that those tariffs have been declared unlawful, Logitech doesn’t get to keep the windfall,” said Vasti S. Montiel, an attorney with Cotchett, Pitre and McCarthy.

A modern Logitech building with a large tree in the foreground and several cars parked in the lot.
Google Maps screen grab of Logitech’s corporate office in San Jose, Calif. A lawsuit was filed against the company on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division. The lawsuit accuses Logitech of withholding tariff refunds from consumers who paid raised prices. (Google Maps via Bay City News)

The lawsuit alleges that Logitech has failed to return over $61 million in tariff refunds to consumers who bought their products at inflated prices.

Logitech did not respond to a request for comment.

“Millions of customers bought everyday products, a mouse, a keyboard, a webcam, and paid an invisible tax that the Supreme Court has now ruled should never have been collected,” said Pierce H. Stanley, an attorney from the firm. “That money should be returned to consumers immediately.”

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