Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers

诉讼要求罗技（Logitech）将关税退款返还给消费者

Logitech is facing a proposed class action lawsuit for not giving customers tariff refunds. In April 2025, Logitech raised the prices on 51 percent of its portfolio, with some prices increasing by as much as 25 percent. 罗技正面临一项拟议的集体诉讼，原因是没有向消费者退还关税。2025年4月，罗技将其51%的产品组合价格进行了上调，部分产品的涨幅高达25%。

The complaint seeks to “recover monies that Logitech extracted from American consumers as offset for import tariffs that the United States Supreme Court has since declared unlawful, tariffs for which Logitech now stands to be reimbursed by the federal government. This is all while Logitech retained every dollar of the corresponding price increases it charged its customers due to the illegal tariffs.” 该诉状旨在“追回罗技从美国消费者那里收取的资金，这些资金原本是为了抵消进口关税，而美国最高法院后来宣布这些关税是非法的；目前罗技正准备从联邦政府获得这些关税的退款。与此同时，罗技却保留了因这些非法关税而向客户收取的每一分涨价款项。”

A construction and residential housing builder in California, SJK Development, and California resident Ala Awadalla filed the complaint in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division on Tuesday. Per the complaint, both parties bought Logitech mice at higher prices. 加利福尼亚州的一家建筑和住宅开发商 SJK Development 以及加州居民 Ala Awadalla 于周二向美国加利福尼亚北区联邦地区法院圣何塞分院提交了诉状。根据诉状，双方均以更高的价格购买了罗技鼠标。

“Had Logitech not inflated its prices in the name of the unlawful IEEPA [International Emergency Economic Powers Act] tariffs, Plaintiff[s] would have paid less for the same product. Plaintiff[s] has received no refund, credit, or other compensation from Logitech corresponding to the tariff component of the price Plaintiff[s] paid,” the complaint reads. 诉状中写道：“如果罗技没有以非法的《国际紧急经济权力法》（IEEPA）关税为名提高价格，原告本可以以更低的价格购买相同的产品。原告没有从罗技那里收到任何与所支付价格中关税部分相对应的退款、抵免或其他补偿。”

Logitech didn’t make a public announcement about the price hikes, which are still implemented. The complaint highlights multiple times that Logitech executives told investors that the price increases would or had offset the financial impact of the tariffs. This includes a call in May when Matteo Anversa, Logitech’s CFO, said, “The positive impact of the US price actions and favorable foreign exchange more than offset the impact of tariffs and higher promotions.” 罗技并未就这些涨价行为发布公开声明，且这些涨价措施目前仍在执行中。诉状多次强调，罗技高管曾向投资者表示，涨价将抵消或已经抵消了关税带来的财务影响。这包括5月份的一次电话会议，当时罗技首席财务官 Matteo Anversa 表示：“美国价格调整带来的积极影响和有利的汇率变动，足以抵消关税和更高促销活动带来的影响。”

Anversa was discussing Logitech’s fiscal Q4 2026, which he noted was “the highest level of profitability in the history of the company outside of the COVID peak.” Anversa 当时正在讨论罗技2026财年第四季度的情况，他指出这是“公司历史上除新冠疫情高峰期外盈利水平最高的一个季度”。

In February, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump imposed the IEEPA tariffs illegally. The refund process is ongoing. The complaint notes that “Logitech received a full refund of $61 million for the tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court, including $15 million during the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 and $46 million subsequent to quarter end.” 今年2月，最高法院裁定唐纳德·特朗普总统实施的 IEEPA 关税是非法的。退款程序目前正在进行中。诉状指出：“罗技已收到最高法院裁定无效的关税全额退款，共计6100万美元，其中包括2027财年第一季度的1500万美元，以及季度末之后的4600万美元。”

It adds: “… Logitech has been—and absent relief will continue to be— enriched twice over at its customers’ expense: once by the tariff-justified overcharges collected from Plaintiffs and the Class, and again by the government’s refund, with interest, of the very duties those overcharges were represented to cover.” 诉状补充道：“……罗技已经——并且如果不采取补救措施，将继续——以牺牲客户利益为代价实现双重获利：一次是通过向原告和集体成员收取以关税为由的溢价，另一次是通过政府退还的关税款（含利息），而这些溢价原本声称是为了覆盖这些关税。”

The lawsuit is seeking a declaratory judgement that Logitech must give IEEPA tariff refund proceeds to customers. 该诉讼寻求一项宣告性判决，要求罗技必须将 IEEPA 关税退款所得返还给客户。

Logitech joins a handful of other consumer tech companies, including Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony, that customers are suing over tariff refunds. Some customers feel entitled to being refunded as these companies were, although mass refunds like this could present financial and logistical challenges. 罗技加入了其他几家消费科技公司的行列，包括微软、任天堂和索尼，这些公司都因关税退款问题遭到客户起诉。一些客户认为，既然这些公司获得了退款，他们也有权获得退款，尽管此类大规模退款可能会带来财务和物流方面的挑战。

For its part, Nintendo has argued that customers “received exactly what they paid for” and that there is not “anything ‘unjust’ about Nintendo retaining money that it may receive from the government as tariff refunds.” It also filed a motion to compel arbitration, a move that Logitech may also pursue, considering that its end-user license agreement has arbitration provisions. 任天堂方面则辩称，客户“得到了他们所支付价格对应的产品”，并且“任天堂保留其可能从政府获得的关税退款并不存在任何‘不公正’之处”。任天堂还提交了强制仲裁动议，考虑到罗技的最终用户许可协议中包含仲裁条款，罗技也可能会采取同样的行动。

Logitech didn’t respond to Ars Technica’s request for comment. 罗技未回应 Ars Technica 的置评请求。