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After attacking Reebok over its Walk Ahead RS line, Skechers...
After attacking Reebok over its Walk Ahead RS line, Skechers USA has announced another patent infringement lawsuit related to its Go Walk line. This time, Fila USA is the defendant in the case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. At issue is Fila's Amazen ...
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The sale of Adidas to investors around Robert Louis-Dreyfus in...
The sale of Adidas to investors around Robert Louis-Dreyfus in 1993 is one of the cases still to be resolved amid the investigations into the dealings of the former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. He was held by police for questioning earlier this month in an unrelated investigation into allegations of ...
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BSI, the German federation of sporting goods manufacturers, has abruptly...
BSI, the German federation of sporting goods manufacturers, has abruptly ousted its managing director, Adalbert von der Osten, who has served for eight years in the job, with effect from June 30. The official explanation for the decision by the board was differing positions on the development of the federation. ...
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Polartec reported on July 4 that it filed a patent...
Polartec reported on July 4 that it filed a patent infringement complaint with the German District Court in Düsseldorf against Pontetorto and its German sales agency, Christian Weichert Internationale Textilvertretungen. In the suit, Polartec is demanding compensatory damages and an injunction to prevent the sale of the infringing products. At ...
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Skechers USA has sued Reebok International for infringement of a...
Skechers USA has sued Reebok International for infringement of a design patent (D661,884) issued to Californian company in June 2010 for its GO Walk shoe. The 31-page complaint, filed on June 18 in Los Angeles, charges that Reebok “simply copied” the trade dress of Skechers' model in its Walk Ahead ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, Fesi, has...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, Fesi, has signed a protocol of agreement with ACES Europe to cooperate in the promotion of physical activity, sports participation and the sports culture across Europe, encouraging synergies and common projects and developing new links with institutions. A representative of Fesi will ...
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Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes...
Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes sold between 2010 and 2013 because of concerns over the SR Suntour suspension forks used on them. The recall is because the front forks, which were made in Taiwan and China, can break. The recall affects 11 models of Trek and ...
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Luca Businaro, president of Novation, has been re-elected for the...
Luca Businaro, president of Novation, has been re-elected for the third time to a two-year term as president of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association
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Workers at Cambodia's apparel workers have won the right to...
Workers at Cambodia's apparel workers have won the right to see their minimum wage raised every year on Jan. 1
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Fifa is to invest US$900 million in the development football...
Fifa is to invest US$900 million in the development football during the 2015-2018 period, following the budget approval by Fifa's 64th Congress in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 10-11, on the eve of the opening match of the Fifa 2014 World Cup, which is being hosted by Brazil. This amount ...
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Umbro has rejoined Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation...
Umbro has rejoined Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation as an associate member, to participate in the dialogue with international sports federations such as Uefa
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Research conducted by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that...
Research conducted by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that outdoor brands in Europe and North America utilize between 1,400 and 1,600 tons of duck and goose down annually, representing less than one percent of the global production of the feathers. Some 90 percent of it comes from China. Marc ...
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Scott Sports reported that thieves broke into the warehouse at...
Scott Sports reported that thieves broke into the warehouse at its headquarters in Givisiez, Switzerland on Sunday, June 1 and stole 200 high-end bikes. It is the latest in a recent spate of burglaries that have affected bike manufacturers and retailers across the globe during the past few months. According ...
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The World Customs Organization (WCO), which is based in Brussels,...
The World Customs Organization (WCO), which is based in Brussels, is developing a special database of potentially counterfeit items in collaboration with the European federation of the sporting goods industry (Fesi). Using this database and new tools, customs officials were able to seize about 520,000 fake footballs, shirts, shoes and ...
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Paola Cobos has been appointed as the new secretary general...
Paola Cobos has been appointed as the new secretary general of Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, taking the place of Gloria Perarnau who is pursuing new projects in France. Cobos has accumulated experience elsewhere in the organization of international fairs, trade missions and similar projects. Her new job ...
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Claude Benoit has accepted to remain secretary general of Fedas,...
Claude Benoit has accepted to remain secretary general of Fedas, the European sporting goods retailers' federation, until the end of this year. The Swiss sporting goods industry veteran will probably be succeeded then by a German in the post, in order for the secretary general to be closer to Werner ...
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Scott Sports is voluntarily recalling about 8,000 Speedster bikes worldwide,...
Scott Sports is voluntarily recalling about 8,000 Speedster bikes worldwide, in cooperation with national authorities, due to a finding that the steerer tube in the front fork can break, posing a hazard. The recall involves model year 2014 Scott Speedster road bikes, the current range, including the women's model, Scott ...
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Marker Völkl and Tecnica Group, respectively the leading and fourth-largest...
Marker Völkl and Tecnica Group, respectively the leading and fourth-largest sellers of skis in the U.S., have settled Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that for many years they illegally agreed not to compete for one another's ski endorsers or employees. The FTC charges that beginning in 2004, Marker Völkl and ...
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Greenpeace has taken advantage of the excitement over the World...
Greenpeace has taken advantage of the excitement over the World Cup to voice a claim that 33 products developed for the tournament by Adidas, Nike and Puma contain high levels of hazardous chemicals. The products criticized by the organization include Adidas' Brazuca ball, its Predator boot and Nike's Tiempo boot. ...
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Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved...
Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it overstated the shoes' health benefits. The company has offered to pay a total of $3.75 million to people who bought the shoes and said it would stop making claims in its commercials ...
