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The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has invalidated for the...
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has invalidated for the second time a design patent that Crocs has been using for its iconic clog, this time supporting a challenge made by U.S.A. Dawgs, a shoe company based in Las Vegas, which was importing similar strapped clogs from competitors. Often referred ...
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Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European...
Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European Court of Justice, which said that “Adidas may oppose the registration, as a community mark, of parallel stripes placed on the side of sports shoes.” The Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), which registers trademarks for the European ...
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Moncler obtained the transfer of 50 domain names that had...
Moncler obtained the transfer of 50 domain names that had been unfairly registered in its name by three Chinese residents after the Arbitration and Mediation Center at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva said that the domains were registered in bad faith and used to sell counterfeit, low-quality ...
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The text of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the...
The text of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Vietnam, published by the European Commission earlier this week, includes adjustments to rapidly eliminate duties on footwear. The FTA agreement finalized in December sets the general period for removal of the duties at seven years for EU ...
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Accell Group has discovered a case of alleged financial theft...
Accell Group has discovered a case of alleged financial theft committed by an employee working for one of its Asian organizations, Accell Asia Taiwan. Although the investigation into the circumstances of the theft is still ongoing, it seems clear that the employee did withdraw funds from the company's bank account. ...
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Representatives from the 12 countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
Representatives from the 12 countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) signed the agreement in Auckland, New Zealand earlier this week. The deal is meant to lead to the elimination of duties on all products made and traded within the region, including the U.S. and Canada, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia ...
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Mike Ashley, the founder and controlling shareholder of Sports Direct...
Mike Ashley, the founder and controlling shareholder of Sports Direct International (SDI) is allegedly facing a lawsuit around a compensation of £15 million (€20.0m-$21.8m) discussed with Jeff Blue, a former investment banker who was in charge of strategic development at SDI for nearly two and a half years until March ...
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BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, announced yesterday the...
BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, announced yesterday the abrupt departure of its chairperson, Désirée Derin-Holzapfel. She took the responsibility in 2007 from her father Ernst-Albert Holzapfel, who pass away last June. The reason given for her resignation is the insolvency of her company, Friedola Gebr. Holzapfel, where she ...
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Dainese and Alpinestars are involved in a patent dispute revolving...
Dainese and Alpinestars are involved in a patent dispute revolving around the airbag construction of their motorcycling suits. Dainese, which is using its D-air airbag technology also for racing skiwear, obtained two preliminary injunctions from a Munich court in October against a local dealer on suspicion that its sale of ...
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Nike filed a lawsuit against Skechers USA in Oregon's U.S....
Nike filed a lawsuit against Skechers USA in Oregon's U.S. District Court on Jan. 4, claiming trademark infringement of the designs of its Flyknit shoes' uppers and soles, covered by several patents. The designs at issue are those of Skechers' Burst shoes, its Flex Appeal style for women, its Skech ...
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A group of U.S. customers has launched a class action...
A group of U.S. customers has launched a class action suit against Fitbit, alleging that its wrist-based Charge HR and Surge heart monitors do not and cannot measure heart rates accurately, especially during intense physical activity, contrary to claims made by the company in national advertisements. One of the lawyers ...
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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the U.K. reports that...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the U.K. reports that Chris Ronnie, former chief executive at JJB Sports, the defunct British sports retailer, has been ordered to pay about £633,000 within three months or face another five years in jail. Ronnie, who led JJB Sports from 2007 to 2009, is ...
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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini both indicated that they intend...
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini both indicated that they intend to appeal after the adjudicatory chamber of Fifa's independent ethics committee banned them from any football-related activities for eight years. The chamber also ordered fines of 50,000 Swiss francs (€46,127.5-$50,423.5) for Blatter, Fifa's president, and CHF 80,000 (€73,798.5-$80,672.4) for Platini, ...
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Burton Snowboards announced just before Christmas that it will be...
Burton Snowboards announced just before Christmas that it will be able to market all its apparel products and accessories in France under the Burton brand name. Up to now, the American brand had to label these products as B Snowboards because the rights to the brand were owned by a ...
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The China-based Alibaba Group has appointed a former U.S. federal...
The China-based Alibaba Group has appointed a former U.S. federal prosecutor, Matthew Bassiur, to lead a team that will work to enforce intellectual property protection at the company, in cooperation with international brands and retail partners, industry associations, government regulators, law enforcement agencies and other organizations. The move follows renewed ...
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The European sporting goods industry federation, Fesi, said it welcomed...
The European sporting goods industry federation, Fesi, said it welcomed a vote in the European Parliament for the adoption of a new legislation in the European Union that will strengthen the possibility for customs authorities in all the member countries to act against counterfeit goods. Fesi noted that the number ...
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Bike Europe reports that the European Court of Justice has...
Bike Europe reports that the European Court of Justice has ruled in favor Giant's request to overrule the European Council's decision to charge anti-dumping duties on the bicycles imported into the European Union from its factories in China. The EU has two months to appeal the verdict. Two other big ...
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In yet another twist of the drawn-out legal battle around...
In yet another twist of the drawn-out legal battle around the sale of Adidas by Bernard Tapie to investors around Robert Louis-Dreyfus in 1993, the French businessman has been ordered by the appeal court in Paris to reimburse €404.6 million to the French state. Alleging that he was duped by ...
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Pou Chen is among the companies that have increased production...
Pou Chen is among the companies that have increased production in Vietnam in view of the duty-free benefits of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement. According to reports in The Nikkei Asian Review, the athletic shoe manufacturer made 39 percent of its shoes in Vietnam in 2014, as ...
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The European Union has finalized its free trade agreement with...
The European Union has finalized its free trade agreement with Vietnam. Starting in 2018, 99 percent of all import duties and export duties affecting bilateral trade are going to be phased out over a seven-year period. The FTA will make it easier and cheaper to import shoes from Vietnam into ...
