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The European Commission has approved a set of free trade...
The European Commission has approved a set of free trade and investment agreements with Vietnam, submitting them to the member states and the European Parliament for final endorsement. Under the free trade agreement, both Vietnam and the European Union will eliminate 99 percent of their import duties on each other ...
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The German Cartel Office has launched an investigation into Amazon's...
The German Cartel Office has launched an investigation into Amazon's practices, checking whether it is engaging in anti-competitive practices through its marketplace. It has indicated that its double role as a big internet retailer with a big marketplace may prevent other traders from using its platform.
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Fesi calls for more concrete actions to promote sports within the EU
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is calling EU Member States to include sport and physical activities as a priority in sectors that are not principally defined as sport but where the contribution of sport has nevertheless been widely demonstrated. These areas include, for example, health, education, ...
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Stephen Lopes, a shareholder of Fitbit, has filed suit in...
Stephen Lopes, a shareholder of Fitbit, has filed suit in North California District Court against the company, alleging that it made materially false and misleading statements and failed to disclose material adverse facts to investors from Aug. 2, 2016, to Jan. 30, 2017. Lopes alleges in particular that Fitbit overstated ...
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Big changes at Fesi
The general assembly of the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has approved all the proposals put forward by its board of directors to modernize the organization and to make it more transparent and representative of the sector.Only companies whose focus is on sporting goods and their federations ...
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Boardriders says that the judicial investigation of Pierre Agnes' mysterious...
Boardriders says that the judicial investigation of Pierre Agnes' mysterious death at sea last Jan. 30 was closed in June, concluding that it was due to an accident. The former chief executive of Quiksilver and Boardriders was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in an emotional ceremony on Oct. 5 before ...
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Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against...
Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against a further 200 websites for the sale of counterfeit Yeezy, Adidas and Reebok shoes. It is seeking the seizure of their domains, the scrubbing of their URLs from search engines and $2 million in statutory damages per defendant.
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A draft report has surfaced about investigations being carried out...
A draft report has surfaced about investigations being carried out in Brussels into dumping practices and subsidies for e-bikes made in China, according to MLex, a press agency covering regulatory news in the U.S., Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia. The draft reportedly recommends anti-subsidy duties of up to 16.14 percent ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will be holding its sixth World Manufacturers Forum (WMF) on Dec. 11-12 in Ho Chi Minh City. The theme is “Manufacturing 4.0: Steps towards a Future Vision.” In keeping with this theme, the WMF will be dividing the program into four ...
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A district court in Massachusetts has denied Puma's motion to...
A district court in Massachusetts has denied Puma's motion to dismiss a patent-infringement lawsuit launched by Nike to protect seven patents behind its trademarked Flyknit weave for shoe uppers. Puma had argued that two of Nike's patents were invalid because they pertained to visual patterns and not to any technical ...
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WFSGI helps cope with labeling problems
After a pilot phase, the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has launched a digital tool, called the Compliance Labeling Requirements (CLR) Database, to help companies to navigate in the global maze of labeling guidelines. This is because one of the most basic and daunting constraints in doing ...
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Dainese, the Italian specialist in protective gear and clothing for...
Dainese, the Italian specialist in protective gear and clothing for motorcycling, mountain biking, winter sports and horse-riding, has joined the Altagamma Foundation, the association that brings together Italian high-end cultural and creative companies that are globally recognized as ambassadors of the Italian style. The Altagamma Foundation, created in 1992, operates ...
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Colin Kaepernick has filed to trademark a black-and-white image of...
Colin Kaepernick has filed to trademark a black-and-white image of his face and hair. The former NFL player was recently revealed as one of the faces of Nike's 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. The filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which was made through the player's company, Inked ...
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Billabong has prevailed in an appeal to the European Union...
Billabong has prevailed in an appeal to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) from Billa, an Austrian supermarket chain operating in Central and Eastern Europe. Billa had sought to register its name as a trademark for metals, jewelry, leathergoods, games and toys. Billabong successfully opposed the registry on the ...
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Freedom United, an apparel company based in California, is seeking...
Freedom United, an apparel company based in California, is seeking damages and an injunction against Puma in Manhattan's federal court. Freedom United claims trademark protection dating to 2006 for the initials “FU.” Specifically, it cites the use of “F.U.” to stand for “Fenty University” in Puma's Fenty collection for Rihanna. ...
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The Swiss anti-trust authority, Comco, has started an investigation into...
The Swiss anti-trust authority, Comco, has started an investigation into an apparent price-fixing scheme by Stöckli Swiss Sports. It has expressed concern about a ban on online sales of its products by its retail clients and on exchanges of products between them.
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The U.K. government has announced that the Chancellor of the...
The U.K. government has announced that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, will order a £900 million (€1,010.4m-$1,149.0m) tax cut for small high-street retailers in the annual budget. The measure is meant to help physical retailers compete against Amazon and other online rivals. A further £650 million (€729.8m-$829.8m) will be available ...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the IOC...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the IOC Session on Oct. 9 invited Calgary (Canada), Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) and Stockholm (Sweden) to become candidate cities for the Olympic Winter Games 2026. The IOC will appoint an Evaluation Commission, which will visit the cities in March and April 2019. ...
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A U.S. federal court jury found all three defendants in...
A U.S. federal court jury found all three defendants in a college corruption scandal guilty of conspiring to pay promising basketball players and their families to have them attend colleges sponsored by Adidas. They are scheduled to be formally sentenced next March 5 in the case, which has been amply ...
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Fesi and Fedas work more closely, more actively
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) and the European Federation of Sporting Goods Retail Associations (Fedas) have announced a new cooperation agreement that is meant to further reinforce their ongoing collaboration. The document creates a long-term framework agreement focused on a restricted number of policy areas: digital, ...
