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European and U.S. customs authorities reported that they blocked 132...
European and U.S. customs authorities reported that they blocked 132 websites suspected of selling counterfeit goods earlier this week, including fake Nike products. It is the first time that European and U.S. authorities have teamed up in such a crackdown: On the European side, it involved Europol and customs offices ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has struck...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has struck a partnership with GlobalSportsJobs, the online recruitment platform
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Labor unrest is reportedly causing serious disruption in Indonesia's footwear...
Labor unrest is reportedly causing serious disruption in Indonesia's footwear production. The Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo) has told the Jakarta Post that its members have had to suspend operations at more than 200 factories. Employers have been calling for the government to take more efficient measures to quell prolonged and ...
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Skins, the Swiss-based brand of compression garments, has informed the...
Skins, the Swiss-based brand of compression garments, has informed the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) that it would seek damages of $2 million to make up for the adverse impact of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal on its investments in cycling. The company argues that the UCI failed to adequately tackle ...
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Arrival Star and Melvino Technologies, based in Luxembourg and the...
Arrival Star and Melvino Technologies, based in Luxembourg and the British Virgin Islands, respectively, filed charges in Miami against Nike for direct and indirect patent infringement of patent numbers 6,952,645, 7,400,970, and 6,904,359. The three patents are related to tracking and notification technologies used by Nike for advance ship notices, ...
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The Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce has fined Nike...
The Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce has fined Nike almost $780,000 for deceptive business practices. Nike is allegedly selling a basketball shoe that is touted worldwide as having two cushions – but in China it only has one. The price, about $208, is the same as in other markets. ...
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The Nuremberg District Court has decided in favor of Adidas...
The Nuremberg District Court has decided in favor of Adidas in a case of alleged patent infringement filed by Nike earlier this year. Without any opportunity for Adidas to state its case, the court had granted a temporary injunction in August ordering Adidas to quit making and selling its Primeknit ...
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Workers clashed with police at a factory in South Jakarta...
Workers clashed with police at a factory in South Jakarta that supplies shoes for Adidas and Mizuno on Oct. 18. According to the local police, 13 people were injured among whom five workers, six police and two students. Former employees of PT Panarub Dwikarya Benoa (PDB) asked to be reinstated, ...
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The Waina Outrigger Organisation (WOO) has won the Eurosima call...
The Waina Outrigger Organisation (WOO) has won the Eurosima call for innovation projects 2012. The Eurosima Cluster, which gathers the European boardsports industry manufacturers, has been organizing the call over the past four years with the objective of supporting, encouraging and adding value to innovative projects in the boardsports industry. ...
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The International Olympic Committee has picked Beyond Sport to help...
The International Olympic Committee has picked Beyond Sport to help support its own Sport for All Commission in the months leading up to the 15th IOC World Conference on Sport for All, being held next April in Lima, Peru. This commission of the IOC will celebrate 30 years in 2013; ...
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Oxbow's new general manager, Baptiste Caulonque, has handed out a...
Oxbow's new general manager, Baptiste Caulonque, has handed out a cheque for $17,000 to Duane de Soto to support his Na Kama Kai association in Hawaii. The association, whose name means Children of the Sea, supports ocean-based educational programs and aims at raising awareness of ocean protection issues. The donation ...
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The annual general meeting of the Federation of the European...
The annual general meeting of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), which gathered at the office of Assosport in Treviso on Oct. 22-23, appointed Johan Adamssons, head of sports marketing for team sports at Puma, and Michel Zany, president of the French sporting goods industry association, Fifas, ...
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Warrior Sports has announced that a Maryland federal judge recently...
Warrior Sports has announced that a Maryland federal judge recently issued an injunction prohibiting Under Armour, Neal Goldman, Jenny Levy, and Vertical Lax from utilizing Warrior Sports' confidential documents and related information in their possession. The company, which is owned by New Balance, alleges that its own 2011-12 business plan ...
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FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation, is reportedly planning...
FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation, is reportedly planning to launch its own trade magazine, financed by advertising, in a country that already counts two such national publications and an internet-based news service
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A French court in Lille has rejected a request by...
A French court in Lille has rejected a request by Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, for a preliminary injunction banning Go Sport and Intersport from selling their self-deployable tents. The leading French retailer had argued that their tents were infringing on its patents on Quechua's so-called “2-Seconds” tent. A spokesman ...
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Nike has reissued a statement to confirm that it will...
Nike has reissued a statement to confirm that it will continue to support Lance Armstrong, in spite of USADA's recently released 200-page report accusing him of doping while he was on the US Postal Service cycling team, between 1998 and 2005. The sportswear giant had previously ensured its ongoing support ...
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The managing director of BDM in India, Sudhir Mahajan, was...
The managing director of BDM in India, Sudhir Mahajan, was rescued unharmed after being kidnapped for ransom the day before, on Oct. 9. BDM is an Indian cricket bats and sports gear maker. Mahajan was found tied to a tree in Sakoti, Muzaffarnagar by the special forces of the Meerut ...
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The new Milan Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (“Consiglio Milanese Anticontraffazione” - CMA)...
The new Milan Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (“Consiglio Milanese Anticontraffazione” - CMA) was presented to the press on Sept. 24. The project aims at monitoring the phenomenon of counterfeiting in the municipality of Milan by collecting data with law enforcement agencies and establishing a direct cooperation with the public prosecutor's office, as ...
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Quiksilver aims at regaining control of its brand in China...
Quiksilver aims at regaining control of its brand in China but is locked in a 10-month legal dispute with its Chinese joint venture partner Glorious Sun Licensing (QGS). QGS is refusing a $12.5 million buyout offer from Quiksilver for 50 percent of the joint venture and terms that would provide ...
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Pinarello's factory, near Treviso, was again targeted by thieves in...
Pinarello's factory, near Treviso, was again targeted by thieves in the night between Sept. 29 and Sept. 30, but this time the local law enforcement officers, the “carabinieri,” managed to arrest one of the culprits. The 19-year-old previous offender was caught while he was hiding two bikes and had already ...
