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Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against...
Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against a further 200 websites for the sale of counterfeit Yeezy, Adidas and Reebok shoes. It is seeking the seizure of their domains, the scrubbing of their URLs from search engines and $2 million in statutory damages per defendant.
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Stephen Lopes, a shareholder of Fitbit, has filed suit in...
Stephen Lopes, a shareholder of Fitbit, has filed suit in North California District Court against the company, alleging that it made materially false and misleading statements and failed to disclose material adverse facts to investors from Aug. 2, 2016, to Jan. 30, 2017. Lopes alleges in particular that Fitbit overstated ...
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Boardriders says that the judicial investigation of Pierre Agnes' mysterious...
Boardriders says that the judicial investigation of Pierre Agnes' mysterious death at sea last Jan. 30 was closed in June, concluding that it was due to an accident. The former chief executive of Quiksilver and Boardriders was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in an emotional ceremony on Oct. 5 before ...
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The Swiss anti-trust authority, Comco, has started an investigation into...
The Swiss anti-trust authority, Comco, has started an investigation into an apparent price-fixing scheme by Stöckli Swiss Sports. It has expressed concern about a ban on online sales of its products by its retail clients and on exchanges of products between them.
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A U.S. federal court jury found all three defendants in...
A U.S. federal court jury found all three defendants in a college corruption scandal guilty of conspiring to pay promising basketball players and their families to have them attend colleges sponsored by Adidas. They are scheduled to be formally sentenced next March 5 in the case, which has been amply ...
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A federal court in California has rejected the $750,000 settlement...
A federal court in California has rejected the $750,000 settlement proposed by New Balance to end a class action lawsuit filed against the company early this year, while leaving the door open for an appeal. The suit questions the veracity of the “Made in the USA” labeling in the Boston-based ...
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A district court in Massachusetts has denied Puma's motion to...
A district court in Massachusetts has denied Puma's motion to dismiss a patent-infringement lawsuit launched by Nike to protect seven patents behind its trademarked Flyknit weave for shoe uppers. Puma had argued that two of Nike's patents were invalid because they pertained to visual patterns and not to any technical ...
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Freedom United, an apparel company based in California, is seeking...
Freedom United, an apparel company based in California, is seeking damages and an injunction against Puma in Manhattan's federal court. Freedom United claims trademark protection dating to 2006 for the initials “FU.” Specifically, it cites the use of “F.U.” to stand for “Fenty University” in Puma's Fenty collection for Rihanna. ...
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Billabong has prevailed in an appeal to the European Union...
Billabong has prevailed in an appeal to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) from Billa, an Austrian supermarket chain operating in Central and Eastern Europe. Billa had sought to register its name as a trademark for metals, jewelry, leathergoods, games and toys. Billabong successfully opposed the registry on the ...
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Colin Kaepernick has filed to trademark a black-and-white image of...
Colin Kaepernick has filed to trademark a black-and-white image of his face and hair. The former NFL player was recently revealed as one of the faces of Nike's 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. The filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which was made through the player's company, Inked ...
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The U.K. government has announced that the Chancellor of the...
The U.K. government has announced that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, will order a £900 million (€1,010.4m-$1,149.0m) tax cut for small high-street retailers in the annual budget. The measure is meant to help physical retailers compete against Amazon and other online rivals. A further £650 million (€729.8m-$829.8m) will be available ...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the IOC...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the IOC Session on Oct. 9 invited Calgary (Canada), Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) and Stockholm (Sweden) to become candidate cities for the Olympic Winter Games 2026. The IOC will appoint an Evaluation Commission, which will visit the cities in March and April 2019. ...
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Dainese, the Italian specialist in protective gear and clothing for...
Dainese, the Italian specialist in protective gear and clothing for motorcycling, mountain biking, winter sports and horse-riding, has joined the Altagamma Foundation, the association that brings together Italian high-end cultural and creative companies that are globally recognized as ambassadors of the Italian style. The Altagamma Foundation, created in 1992, operates ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will be holding its sixth World Manufacturers Forum (WMF) on Dec. 11-12 in Ho Chi Minh City. The theme is “Manufacturing 4.0: Steps towards a Future Vision.” In keeping with this theme, the WMF will be dividing the program into four ...
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Stefan Herzog, a well-known name in German sports retailing, has...
Stefan Herzog, a well-known name in German sports retailing, has assumed the newly created position of secretary general of VDS, the German sporting goods retailers' association chaired by Werner Haizmann. Much like the appointment in February 2016 of Michael Nendwich as general manager of VSSÖ, the Austrian counterpart of VDS, ...
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Puma has won an appeal in the General Court of...
Puma has won an appeal in the General Court of the European Union, which has asked the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to re-examine the company's claims against Doosan Machine Tools. That company had registered in 2012 a figurative mark resembling its own logo for goods and services related to ...
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Nike said it is “deeply concerned” by a lawsuit filed...
Nike said it is “deeply concerned” by a lawsuit filed by a woman in Las Vegas who claims that she was raped by Ronaldo in 2009. His new cub, Juventus, said it was fully behind the football star.
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Textilwirtschaft reports that Bogner has reached a settlement with Alexander...
Textilwirtschaft reports that Bogner has reached a settlement with Alexander Wirth, who abruptly left as chief executive last year. It was reported at the time that the company questioned some of the partnerships arranged by Wirth, and that these alleged issues precipitated his departure, but the two parties have apparently ...
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The European Commission has recommended the reinstatement of the one...
The European Commission has recommended the reinstatement of the one bag bass limit for fishermen from Oct. 1, and for the remainder of 2018. In June, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (Ices) had issued revised scientific advice which reduced the estimated impact of recreational fishing on ...
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Nike and the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry...
Nike and the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) partnered with Sport and Citizenship to organize a conference near Brussels on “Shaping a New Active Generation. “ Representatives of Adidas, Foot Locker, Play International and other institutions adopted a “Brussels Active Kids” statement that aims to stimulate action ...
