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The French Centre National Professionnel pour la Commercialisation des Articles...
The French Centre National Professionnel pour la Commercialisation des Articles de Sport et de Loisir (CNPC, or “French National Professional Center for Trading in Sports & Leisure Products”) opened its new campus in the town of Meylan in the area of Grenoble. This branch of the institution was previously located in Seyssins ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates and Geox, the Italian footwear...
W.L. Gore & Associates and Geox, the Italian footwear brand, have put an end to their disputes regarding Gore's Surround technology and have agreed on a settlement in the case. After Gore's introduction of Surround to the market, there have been legal quarrels in several European countries. The conflict has ...
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Shortly after the highly publicized product recalls for ABS avalanche balls...
Shortly after the highly publicized product recalls for ABS avalanche balls and the via ferrata sets of various climbing brands, another outdoor-related product is now subject to a recall. Migros, the big Swiss retail cooperative, is now warning customers about the potential safety hazards of a black snowshoe sold in its SportXX chain. The item ...
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ABS has put out a warning about the use of...
ABS has put out a warning about the use of its avalanche ball systems with wireless activation. Until further notice, this activation must no longer be used, says the German company. Instead, the ABS avalanche ball is to be inflated manually. Apparently, the sonic transmission that activates the ball possibly ...
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The Hohenstein Institute is working on a two-year research project...
The Hohenstein Institute is working on a two-year research project on textile-based head protection systems to help helmet manufacturers offer improved headgear. By measuring heads, helmets and the textiles inside them, the study is due to produce a comprehensive database for optimized textile-based head protection devices, applicable to all head ...
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The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Seven for...
The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Seven for All Mankind, the high-end jeanswear brand of VF Corporation, cannot be marketed in Europe under this name because of the prior registration of Seven, the Italian brand of backpacks and accessories
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Under Armour has filed a lawsuit in a district court...
Under Armour has filed a lawsuit in a district court in Baltimore against Nike, claiming that it is infringing on the federally registered “I Will” trademark. The company said that Nike has been using a similar phrase to promote its products. “I will” is the theme of Under Armour's latest ...
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Décathlon has obtained the approval of India's Foreign Investment Promotion...
Décathlon has obtained the approval of India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board to open its first stores for the general public in the country, controlling them at 100 percent. According to reports, the French chain is planning to invest around €100 million to expand in India, but a spokesman for its ...
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Nike has also been hit by a patent infringement suit...
Nike has also been hit by a patent infringement suit filed in a federal U.S. court in Chicago by McDavid and Stirling Moulding of England. The case concerns Nike's use of a flexible material, whose patent is held by Stirling and licensed by McDavid, in foam-padded garments marketed by the ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) now...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) now has more than 200 members as 15 more companies have decided to join the industry's global association. Among them are two bike-related companies, Schwalbe and Mavic, from Germany and France, respectively. New are also Uhlsport, the German team sports company, and Campagnolo ...
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Just before the Ispo show, Marker filed a complaint with a German...
Just before the Ispo show, Marker filed a complaint with a German court against Salomon and Tyrolia for alleged infringement of a utility patent granted last October and for unfair competition. However, an official connected with the case said that Marker was not planning to ask for a preliminary injunction to ban ...
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Sir David Jones, has been charged by the Serious Fraud...
Sir David Jones, has been charged by the Serious Fraud Office in the U.K. of two offenses while he served as executive chairman of the former JJB Sports between January 2009 and January 2010. He is accused of forgery and of making misleading statements to the market. His son Stuart ...
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Leki Lenhart filed a patent infringement suit last Jan. 30...
Leki Lenhart filed a patent infringement suit last Jan. 30 in Buffalo, New York against Dick's Sporting Goods, the American sporting goods retailer's licensing arm and Synergy Sportz, which operates as Yukon Charlie. The federal lawsuit alleges that the defendants infringed on Leki's patent for an adjustable-length tube for trekking poles.
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Nike patent filings with the European Patent Office in Munich...
Nike patent filings with the European Patent Office in Munich represented 77 percent of all the requests for registration filed by the main sports companies in the ten years between 2010 and 2020, according to a study reported in Die Welt. This compares with 15 percent of the filings for ...
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Criticism rained down on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) again...
Criticism rained down on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) again this week, after it decided to disband the supposedly independent commission (UCIIC) it set up in November to investigate the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. It turned out that the commission's three members were in fact intent on doing their job ...
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A Portuguese brand of golf shoes, Lambda, has reportedly won...
A Portuguese brand of golf shoes, Lambda, has reportedly won a lawsuit against an unnamed German firm that had accused it of trademark infringement. Lambda & Omega, which belongs to the Solarte group, has been opposing this claim since October 2011, stating that it had registered the name under Class 25 back ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court has backed Nike in a trademark...
The U.S. Supreme Court has backed Nike in a trademark case involving a much smaller company, Already LLC, the maker of Yums sneakers. The litigation involved the trademark for Nike's Air Force 1 sneakers. In 2009, sued Already, saying that the company's Sugar and Soulja Boy shoes infringed on its ...
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Perekryostok, the Russian supermarket chain, will have to pay a...
Perekryostok, the Russian supermarket chain, will have to pay a fine of only 70,000 rubles (€1,.800-$2,300) for infringing on Adidas' three-stripe trademark by selling shoes with a confusingly similar logo, based on a ruling issued by Russia's Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals, which upheld last October's judgment by a lower ...
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Britain's Office of Fair Trade (OFT) has decided that it...
Britain's Office of Fair Trade (OFT) has decided that it will not refer Sports Direct International's acquisition of 19 JJB Sports stores to the Competition Commission
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Bernard Liatti, who runs Vuarnet Sport, says his company is discussing various...
Bernard Liatti, who runs Vuarnet Sport, says his company is discussing various options for its future collaboration with Vuarnet International with regard to the Vuarnet line of activewear, for which it signed a licensing contract in July 2011. Pending an agreement, Sonoma, the Romanian factory that has been manufacturing the line for a ...
