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The District Court of Madrid has repealed the ruling of...
The District Court of Madrid has repealed the ruling of a Spanish arbitration committee, issued in June last year, that required Puma to pay €98 million in compensation to Estudio 2000, after the termination of this company's license for the Puma brand in Spain at the beginning of last year. ...
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A court in Düsseldorf has ruled that Künzli Classic shoes,...
A court in Düsseldorf has ruled that Künzli Classic shoes, which feature five stripes, should be removed from German stores. This is the latest installment in a dispute between K-Swiss, the Californian shoe brand, and Künzli, the much smaller Swiss brand from which K-Swiss originated. Künzli said that its founder, ...
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We hear that Intersport Germany has finally settled its claim...
We hear that Intersport Germany has finally settled its claim against Hartmut Fröhlich, the long-time president of the group. Intersport alleged that the retired president had broken the buying group's rules of conduct by providing financial support to troubled members. Apparently, the judge in charge accepted the settlement of the ...
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Henry Kissinger, the famous former U.S. statesman, has been invited...
Henry Kissinger, the famous former U.S. statesman, has been invited by Sepp Blatter, who was recently re-elected at the head of Fifa, to join a new committee intended to improve the accountability of the international governing body for football. Kissinger, who is now 88 years old, has reportedly replied that ...
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Puma said that it was taking action to improve working...
Puma said that it was taking action to improve working conditions at factories making Puma products in Cambodia, after one of them saw an outbreak of mass fainting last April. The incident at the footwear factory operated by Heuy Chuen led to an inquiry implemented by the independent Fair Labor ...
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A woman is suing Fila over its Body Toning System...
A woman is suing Fila over its Body Toning System workout apparel, saying that its claims that the clothes increase muscle effort by 50 percent and helps muscles work more efficiently are false. Bertha Castaneda said she would not have bought the gear if she had known these claims were ...
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Skechers is receiving a beating from bloggers in the wake...
Skechers is receiving a beating from bloggers in the wake of its new Shape-ups campaign for girls. The ads show animated girls getting excited about the “extra height and bounce” that they get by wearing the shoes. The ads also feature cartoon boys dressed as fast food and snack food, ...
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The U.S. District Court for the district of Delaware has...
The U.S. District Court for the district of Delaware has affirmed a ruling in favor of Acushnet in its long-standing patent dispute with Callaway Golf. Starting in 2006, Callaway claimed that Acushnet's Titleist Pro V1 golf balls violated several of its patents; Acushnet countered that the patents were invalid and ...
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Brooks Sports and Adidas have amicably settled a dispute over...
Brooks Sports and Adidas have amicably settled a dispute over the latter's use of the Beast trade name in the Beast Commander, a basketball shoe that the Three Stripes launched last year. The Brooks Beast came out in the running market in 1992. Under the settlement, Adidas is allowed to ...
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A former Nike executive, Ronald Hartfell, and his wife got...
A former Nike executive, Ronald Hartfell, and his wife got a suspended sentence in Oregon after pleading guilty to charges of federal tax evasion. The suit relates to an undeclared sum of $330,000 that they received in 2007 from a Korean shoe manufacturer working for Nike, Samho. Hartfell was Nike's ...
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The Indian government has lifted the restrictions on cotton yarn...
The Indian government has lifted the restrictions on cotton yarn exports that it set in December in an attempt to keep prices from soaring and to meet growing demand on the domestic market. The removal of the limit of 720 million kg means that shipments of cotton overseas no longer ...
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Odlo has published its second report on the Swiss company's...
Odlo has published its second report on the Swiss company's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for 2010
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Though China is the largest cotton producer in the world,...
Though China is the largest cotton producer in the world, its huge local textile industry means it is the largest consumer and importer of the product as well. To help encourage domestic production, the country plans to buy extra cotton to make a reserve starting this September through March 2012. ...
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An appeals board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...
An appeals board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed with Acushnet Company that the four patents involved in the long-running dispute with Callaway Golf are invalid. Callaway originally filed its lawsuit in February 2006 saying that Acushnet's Titleist Pro V1 ball infringed those patents. In March 2010, ...
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Earlier this week, the Japan Fair Trade Commission raided Adidas...
Earlier this week, the Japan Fair Trade Commission raided Adidas Group's subsidiary there, saying the company was pressuring retailers to sell its Reebok EasyTone shoes for a fixed price. Japanese news sources have reported that Adidas was discouraging retailers from discounting the shoes, insisting they sell for the equivalent of ...
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Power Balance has agreed to resolve a class action lawsuit...
Power Balance has agreed to resolve a class action lawsuit involving advertising that was filed in California in January. The company will refund the cost of the product as well as shipping and handling. To members of the class bringing the suit. Power Balance will also adjust its product claims, ...
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The third and last suspect has accepted a plea agreement...
The third and last suspect has accepted a plea agreement for his role in the attempt to kidnap and rob Gert Boyle, the chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear. He will get just under 10 years in prison, instead of the 20 that would have come with a guilty verdict. The other ...
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Timberland fell short of its 2006 goal of cutting greenhouse...
Timberland fell short of its 2006 goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent in five years, but did manage to trim them by 38 percent in that time. It still plans to reach that goal – and beyond – by 2015. The company said that the economic recovery ...
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Shimano's European entities have donated €150,000 to Red Cross organizations...
Shimano's European entities have donated €150,000 to Red Cross organizations helping tsunami victims in Japan, and the company is encouraging employees to donate separately. The Japanese company's headquarters already gave about €850,000 as well as sizeable apparel donation.
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Russell Corporation, the maker of Russell Athletic products, lost its...
Russell Corporation, the maker of Russell Athletic products, lost its legal bid to prevent the British actor and comedian Russell Brand from registering his name as a trademark to be used on a product line including apparel, footwear and headgear. Russell Corp. argued that the similar names would be confusing ...
