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New Balance has filed a suit alleging that Liverpool FC,...
New Balance has filed a suit alleging that Liverpool FC, one of the major football clubs in the English Premier League, has improperly blocked its bid to match Nike in the struggle over the rights to team's kit. New Balance has been Liverpool's kit sponsor since 2015. Nike's bid is ...
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On Sept. 30, Nike filed a lawsuit in the Central...
On Sept. 30, Nike filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California against Skechers over the manufacture of “Skecherized versions” of its Air Max 270 and VaporMax sneakers. The shoes that are alleged to have infringed Nike's patents are the Skech-Air Atlas, Skech-Air 92, Skech-Air Stratus and Skech-Air Blast. ...
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Prana, a brand of Columbia Sportswear, is offering $100,000 to...
Prana, a brand of Columbia Sportswear, is offering $100,000 to one person as an incentive to enable them to “pursue their passion.” The idea is consistent with the brand's slogan, “Clothing for Positive Change.” Applicants must submit a one- to three-minute video illustrating their current job and their dream job. ...
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Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has moved its...
Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has moved its main office from Treviso to Mestre, near Venice. The transfer is taking place because of the reconstruction of the building where the association had its seat. Located near Venice, the city of Mestre is easier to reach by train and ...
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Afydad, Spain's association of sporting-goods suppliers, has signed its first...
Afydad, Spain's association of sporting-goods suppliers, has signed its first collaboration agreement with a retail association by joining forces with Atebi, which specializes in the cycling market. The agreement was signed at Festbike – the international cycling fair in Madrid, held this year on Sept. 13-15 – where Atebi was ...
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Stöckli Swiss Sports has had to pay a fine of...
Stöckli Swiss Sports has had to pay a fine of 140,000 Swiss francs (€128,000-$141,000) for fixing prices with its Swiss retailer partners for the sale of its skis. The Swiss ski maker did not allow them to undercut the prices set by the company. This sort of agreement violates Swiss ...
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The new Olympic House in Lausanne, headquarters of the International...
The new Olympic House in Lausanne, headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will open to the public on Sept. 13-14, in parallel with the 2019 European Heritage Days. Olympic House was inaugurated on June 23. The facility features a statue of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, made by Swiss sculptor ...
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Adidas has filed an opposition to J.Crew's trademark application for...
Adidas has filed an opposition to J.Crew's trademark application for a design of five parallel stripes, to be used on apparel and on such accessories as business card cases and various kinds of bags. The Trial and Appeals Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has suspended the application ...
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Fitbit, the San Francisco-based purveyor of fitness trackers, says it...
Fitbit, the San Francisco-based purveyor of fitness trackers, says it has struck a deal with the Health Promotion Board (HPB) of Singapore to use its products to realize the national health agency's aspirations for public health. The project, Live Healthy SG, fits within the government's Smart Nation initiative. Although Singapore's ...
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While confirming its intention to impose an additional punitive 10...
While confirming its intention to impose an additional punitive 10 percent import duty on many still unspecified footwear categories and other products originating in China, the administration of President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 13 a postponed implementation for some of the products from Sept. 1 to Dec. 15. There ...
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Skechers and Adidas have reached a settlement in their dispute...
Skechers and Adidas have reached a settlement in their dispute over footwear stripes. A filing by Skechers on July 29 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California asked for the dismissal without prejudice of a lawsuit brought by Adidas, which had claimed that Skechers' Goldie-Peaks shoe infringed its Three Stripes ...
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After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S....
After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S. and Chinese government, President Donald Trump announced today that the U.S. will impose extra duties of 10 percent on $300 billion worth of annual imports from China as of Sept. 1. The list of the affected products has not yet ...
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Investigating a tax case, the public prosecutor's office of Munich...
Investigating a tax case, the public prosecutor's office of Munich has searched the business premises of Bogner, the Munich-based fashion company. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office confirmed the search on July 24 but did not disclose further details about the case. A company spokeswoman has stated that the company ...
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Ortlieb won a lawsuit in Federal Court against Amazon on July...
Ortlieb won a lawsuit in Federal Court against Amazon on July 25. The German company wants to prevent the appearance of ads with the Ortlieb brand name on Google, which are linked to offers on the Amazon homepage. The issue is that, when searching a term with Ortlieb in it, such ...
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Andrea Tomat, president of Lotto Sport Italia and Stonefly, has...
Andrea Tomat, president of Lotto Sport Italia and Stonefly, has settled a legal dispute with Gianni Lorenzato, a former shareholder and vice president of Lotto. Lorenzato has agreed to sell his remaining stake of 24 percent in a holding company, NexTB, to Tomat on undisclosed terms. Tomat will thus be ...
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Bernard Tapie has won a court battle over his controversial...
Bernard Tapie has won a court battle over his controversial sale of Adidas in 1994. Citing a lack of evidence, a high court in Paris dismissed a request that he should spend five years in prison on charges of fraud and abuse of public funds. The French maverick investor was ...
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The session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was...
The session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was held in Lausanne on June 25 unanimously approved the Paris 2024 proposal to include sport climbing, surfing, skateboarding and break dancing in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in the French capital city. A final decision on their inclusion is now to be ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French-based association based in Annecy,...
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French-based association based in Annecy, has appointed Benjamin Thaller as its new managing director. He replaces Anne Schott, who has left the organization to pursue other professional opportunities after 30 months in the role. Thaller was previously marketing director at Julbo and, prior to that, ...
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Neymar da Silva Santos Jr., commonly known simply as Neymar,...
Neymar da Silva Santos Jr., commonly known simply as Neymar, the Nike-sponsored forward on both the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazilian national football teams, has been accused of rape. His 27-year-old accuser, whose name has not been disclosed, filed a report to that effect on May 31 with the police in ...
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Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has announced...
Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has announced the election of Jean-Louis Rodrigues as its new president. Rodrigues is Boardriders' general manager for wholesale for the EMEA region. He will take over from Wilco Prins, the former general manager of Rip Curl Europe, who has held two consecutive ...
