U.S. buyers of GoPro products between February 4, 2025 and February 24, 2026 may be covered by a proposed class action alleging GoPro raised prices to cover IEEPA tariffs, then transferred its claim to the refunds to its lender instead of returning money to customers after the Supreme Court struck those tariffs down. No class has been certified and there is nothing to file yet.
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This article describes a class action complaint. The statements below are unproven allegations. GoPro has not been found liable, there is no certified class, and nothing to claim at this time. This page is informational and is not legal advice.
What Is This About?
A GoPro customer filed a proposed nationwide class action against GoPro, Inc. on October 9, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. The case is Hogrell v. GoPro, Inc., No. 3:26-cv-11719. It is one of a growing number of suits claiming companies passed tariff costs on to consumers and then kept the refunds after the Supreme Court ruled on February 20, 2026, in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.The complaint alleges that on February 3, 2025, GoPro announced that it did “not expect U.S. consumer pricing or gross margin to be materially affected” by the new tariffs because it had moved U.S.-bound camera production outside China. It alleges that in or about April 2025 GoPro quietly raised U.S. prices anyway, with the HERO13 Black going from about $399 to $429 and the entry-level HERO from about $199 to $219, while prices in the United Kingdom and Australia stayed the same. The complaint quotes GoPro’s chief financial officer saying in 2025 that the company expected “modest product price moves” to offset about half of its tariff costs.
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What Happened to GoPro’s Tariff Refunds?
GoPro’s own quarterly report for the period ended June 30, 2026 says the company paid $20.2 million in IEEPA tariffs. On February 19, 2026, the day before the Supreme Court’s ruling, GoPro signed a claim sale agreement transferring its IEEPA refund claims, about $19.4 million, to the lender under its credit agreement, and it says it will not receive future proceeds from those claims. After U.S. Customs and Border Protection opened its refund process in April 2026, GoPro recorded an $18.9 million reduction to cost of revenue for approved refunds and reported receiving $17.9 million in refunds, including interest, after June 30, which it says go to the lender.The complaint alleges that this left GoPro’s customers, who it says paid part of the tariff cost through higher prices, with nothing. It estimates, based on GoPro’s statement that it expected price increases to offset about half of its tariff costs, that “on the order of $10 million” came from purchasers. That figure is the plaintiff’s estimate, not a finding.
Who Is Covered by the Proposed Class?
The proposed class is all persons in the United States who, between February 4, 2025 and February 24, 2026, bought for personal, family or household use a GoPro-branded product whose U.S. retail price was increased on or after February 4, 2025. February 4, 2025 is when the first IEEPA duties took effect, and February 24, 2026 is when U.S. Customs stopped collecting them, according to the complaint. People who bought for resale, GoPro and its affiliates and the judges on the case are excluded. The complaint estimates the class includes at least hundreds of thousands of buyers.What Does the Lawsuit Seek?
The complaint brings claims for unjust enrichment and restitution, money had and received, and violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law. It asks the court to certify the class, order restitution and disgorgement of the tariff portion of class members’ purchases, and impose a constructive trust or equitable lien on GoPro’s tariff refund proceeds, including what GoPro received for the refund claim. It also seeks an injunction barring GoPro from moving the refund money to pay its lender or merger consideration while the case is pending, along with a public injunction under California law and attorneys’ fees.The timing matters to the plaintiff because GoPro announced on September 1, 2026 that it agreed to be acquired by Action Acquisitions LLC, through a merger with its subsidiary Starman Optical, Inc., in a deal the complaint values at about $285 million and says is expected to close by the end of 2026. Separately, on October 16, 2026, GoPro said several of its recent financial statements should no longer be relied on because of valuation errors involving warrants and convertible debt; the filing attributes the restatement to accounting errors involving warrants and convertible debentures, says revenue, gross margin and cash are unaffected, and does not mention tariffs.
What Happens Next?
GoPro had not responded publicly to the lawsuit as of October 20, 2026. The case was initially assigned to a magistrate judge. GoPro will respond to the complaint, and the plaintiff would later ask the court to certify the class. There is no settlement, claim form or deadline. OCA tracks all of the tariff refund suits on its tariff class actions page.Questions
What is the GoPro tariff refund lawsuit about?
Hogrell v. GoPro, Inc., filed October 9, 2026 in federal court in San Francisco, alleges GoPro raised U.S. prices to cover IEEPA tariffs while saying prices would not be materially affected, then transferred its roughly $19.4 million tariff refund claim to its lender instead of returning any money to customers. GoPro has not been found liable.
Who is included in the GoPro tariff class action?
The proposed class is people in the United States who bought a GoPro-branded product for personal, family or household use between February 4, 2025 and February 24, 2026, if the product’s U.S. retail price was raised on or after February 4, 2025. Resellers are excluded. No class has been certified.
How much did GoPro raise prices because of tariffs?
The complaint alleges that in or about April 2025 the HERO13 Black went from about $399 to $429 and the entry-level HERO from about $199 to $219 in the U.S., while U.K. and Australian prices did not change. GoPro has not responded publicly.
Can I get money from the GoPro tariff lawsuit?
Not now. The case was just filed, no class has been certified, and there is no settlement or claim form. Money would be available only if the plaintiff wins or the parties settle.
Sources
• Class action complaint, Hogrell v. GoPro, Inc., No. 3:26-cv-11719 (N.D. Cal., filed October 9, 2026)• GoPro press release, February 3, 2025
• GoPro Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (filed October 19, 2026; IEEPA figures unchanged from the August 10 filing), Note 1, on IEEPA tariffs paid, the claim sale agreement and refunds
• GoPro Form 8-K filed October 16, 2026 (Item 4.02, non-reliance on prior financial statements)
• Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, No. 24-1287 (U.S. February 20, 2026)
