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delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us to decide the foreign reach of 15 U. S. C. §1114(1)(a) and §1125(a)(1), two provisions of the Lanham Act that prohibit trademark infringement. Applying the presumption against extraterritoriality, we hold that these provisions are not extraterritorial and that they extend only to claims where the claimed infringing use in commerce is domestic.

This case concerns a trademark dispute between a United States company (Hetronic International, Inc.) and six foreign parties (five companies and one individual (collectively Abitron)). Hetronic manufactures radio remote controls for construction equipment. It sells and services these products, which employ “a distinctive black-and-yellow color scheme to distinguish them from those of its competitors,” in more than 45 countries. 10 F. 4th 1016, 1024 (CA10 2021) (case below).