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ITC investigates Adidas’ Primeknit technology
The International Trade Commission of the U.S. has decided to launch an investigation to determine whether Adidas’ Primeknit technology for knitted shoe uppers infringe on six Nike patents for its Flyknit technology. If it determines that Nike’s claims are valid, the ITC may issue exclusion and cease and desist orders, ...
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Jon Ram will chair SFIA
Jonathan Ram, whose career included a stint of more than four years as managing director of New Balance for the EMEA region in 2007-2012, has been elected as chairman of the SFIA, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association of the U.S. He worked for New Balance in various roles between ...
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Lululemon accuses Peloton of improper legal conduct
Lululemon Athletica asked a federal U.S. court in Manhattan to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Peloton Interactive on Nov. 24, claiming improper legal behavior. The Canadian sports apparel company supplied the clothing for a Peloton branded line from 2016 until the American connected fitness company launched its own range in ...
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Nike sues Lululemon for patent infringement
Nike has filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan against Lululemon Athletica, alleging the infringement of six U.S. patents by the latter’s Mirror Home Gym and related apps, reportedly after Lululemon summarily rejected Nike’s demand to stop the alleged infringements. The Mirror is an interactive, wall-mounted screen that ...
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New Balance stores in Iberia are due to close
The 22 mono-brand stores of New Balance in Spain and Portugal are reportedly going to be shut down by Jan. 15, as they will be no longer supplied with products following the non-renewal of a five-year-old retail store licensing agreement with a Spanish company, Experience Group. The latter was notified ...
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Catalonia seeks to extend Spain’s cultural subsidy to sport
The Union of Sports Federations of Catalonia (UFEC) has renewed its request to the Spanish government for a subsidy to be given to consumers to boost sports participation. The initial request was among the measures proposed in the UFEC’s “Marshall Plan” for the sports industry, submitted in April 2020 with ...
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Draft law would overhaul Spain’s policy on sports
Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved a bill to overhaul national policy on sports through the revision and expansion of a law that dates to 1990. According to its proponent, the Spanish Minister of Culture and Sport Miquel Iceta, the new law would represent an advance in values and take ...
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Change of the guard in Xinjiang
U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act on Dec. 23. The bill, which had been previously approved by both Houses of the U.S. Congress, in spite of reported offstage objections by multinationals such as Apple, Coca-Cola and Nike, bans imports of cotton and other ...
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Afydad joins ModaEspaña
The Spanish Association of Sporting Goods Manufacturers and Distributors, Afydad, has joined the Spanish Fashion Confederation, Confederación ModaEspaña. Founded in 2013, ModaEspaña includes in its ranks other Spanish trade associations such as Fedecon, AEGP, Asefma, Acme, Acotex, SFA, Regalo Fama, AEDM, Asirtex, APBE, AMSE and Asepri. The move reflects the ...
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New legal tussle between Adidas’ Primeknit and Nike’s FlyKnit
In the latest legal challenge over its labor-saving, knitted-upper Flyknit technology, Nike has filed a patent infringement suit in Oregon’s federal court against Adidas and asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to block imports of its latest Primeknit styles. The list of the products includes various lifestyle, football, running and ...
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News briefsBiden will boycott Beijing Olympics, citing human rights violations
The U.S. government has just announced a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Beijing edition of the Winter Olympic Games. This means that President Joe Biden and his administration will stay away from Beijing and China during the Games, although U.S. athletes will be allowed to compete. “The Biden administration will ...
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Sequential settles with the SEC
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a settlement with the bankrupt Sequential Brands Group, ending a pending civil suit against the American licensing company. Based on its reported assets and liabilities in the bankruptcy case, Sequential will have to pay no penalties. The SEC had accused Sequential ...
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Patagonia and Nike are charged in a Dutch court with fostering forced labor in China
We hear that the European Center for Constitutional Rights (ECCHR), with the support of human rights legal office of Prakken d’Oliveira, has filed criminal complaints against several Dutch and U.S. textile and fashion brands that have their European headquarters in the Netherlands. They argue that Patagonia, Nike, C&A and State ...
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Peloton sues Lululemon
Peloton Interactive filed a lawsuit in a Manhattan federal court on Nov. 24 against Lululemon Athletica, a former partner with which it subsequently parted amicably. It appears that the American supplier of connected fitness equipment is seeking to head off a likely legal challenge from the Canadian-based sports apparel company, ...
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Nike settles with Skechers
Nike and Skechers have reached a settlement at undisclosed conditions of their long-standing legal battle, putting an end to three intellectual property lawsuits after the mediation of a judge for the Central District of California. The dispute started in January 2016, when Nike accused Skechers of using design elements of ...
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Sentryc helps Oeko-Tex to track thousands of piracy cases over the internet
In a move intended to protect its trademark from infringements on the eve of Black Friday and the Christmas shopping season, Oeko-Tex has revealed a partnership with a Berlin-based software firm, Sentryc, whose AI-based cloud solution scans more than 120 international online marketplaces and all the social media for product ...
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Peloton sues iFIT and Echelon Fitness again
Peloton Interactive is suing iFIT and Echelon Fitness in a federal Delaware court, accusing them of infringing on its four patents for on-demand exercise classes and other features, including two patents inherited through its acquisition of Precor. Peloton sued Echelon in 2019 for patent infringement and for copying its business ...
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JD criticizes video of a July 5 meeting over Footasylum’s contested takeover
Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD Sports Fashion, was reported by The Sunday Times as being under investigation by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) over a possible breach of its rules on sharing sensitive information relating to JD’s contested takeover of the smaller Footasylum chain in the U.K. The ...
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Swiss ski camps enjoy record bookings
Schools and their class camps in particular are currently boosting occupancy at Swiss ski resorts, according to the Swiss sports association, Sportbiz. According to its report, by the end of October, a record of 287 class camps had already been booked through the Swiss snowsports initiative Go Snow - or ...
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Charlotte Cox and Stefan Rosenkranz join FESI’s board
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) elected two new members to its board of directors at its annual general assembly, which was held online. The two new members, Charlotte Cox and Stefan Rosenkranz, will serve for a term of at least one year on FESI’s board, which ...
