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Macron is supporting Vicenza Calcio, the troubled Italian professional football...
Macron is supporting Vicenza Calcio, the troubled Italian professional football club based in Vicenza, Veneto, which has been placed in administration. The Macron Store in Vicenza has launched a campaign to help the team. Starting on Jan. 20, Macron said the store will donate 20 percent of every sale of ...
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Bernard Tapie is to face trial for embezzlement and misuse...
Bernard Tapie is to face trial for embezzlement and misuse of public funds along with five other defendants, around a decision by an arbitration committee to award him a controversial payout of €405 million in 2008, relating to the sale of Adidas. The arbitration came after a long drawn-out legal ...
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Brooks Sports has appealed against a ruling by the U.S....
Brooks Sports has appealed against a ruling by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which dismissed the running specialist's opposition to the registration of an Anta logo. Brooks filed its opposition on the grounds of potential confusion and dilution, in relation with its registered path and Heritage chevron marks. ...
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Representatives of employers and employees are at loggerheads over a...
Representatives of employers and employees are at loggerheads over a proposed increase in the minimum wage in Myanmar, one of the lowest-cost sourcing alternatives to China. Employers object that the proposed increase to $3.53 (€2.95) a day from March onwards is far too high, imposing a heavy burden that will ...
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Industry associations of the bicycle sector have joined forces in...
Industry associations of the bicycle sector have joined forces in the new World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA). This new non-profit organization was officially founded in Switzerland in December by the Bicycle Association of Japan (BAJ), the U.S. Bicycle Products Suppliers Association (BPSA), the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (Conebi) ...
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The European Commission is gradually increasing funding of sports-related projects...
The European Commission is gradually increasing funding of sports-related projects through its Erasmus+ program, which started in 2014. It has set aside a budget of around €50 million to fund about 200 projects in 2018, building up gradually to 300 projects for €70 million in 2020. That would compare with ...
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The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) has announced that...
The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) has announced that Jean-Claude Bel is stepping back from his role as chief executive of the association but is not retiring. He has asked EFTTA's board to allow him step back into a part-time job. Bel, who has been at the helm of ...
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Adidas has reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with M Design...
Adidas has reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with M Design & Manufacturing, one of Forever 21's suppliers, in a trademark case claiming that Forever 21, a Los-Angeles based fast-fashion retailer, had violated trademark law by using Adidas' three-stripe mark. The terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed. The lawsuit, ...
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AFL-CIO, the American labor union, has asked Nike to disclose...
AFL-CIO, the American labor union, has asked Nike to disclose a formal set of tax principles to which it is committed following the disclosures in the Paradise Papers of the tax loopholes used by the company and other multi-nationals (see our previous issue). AFL-CIO, which is also a shareholder in ...
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Kasper Rorsted, chief executive at the Adidas Group, was quoted...
Kasper Rorsted, chief executive at the Adidas Group, was quoted as saying in Bild am Sonntag during the weekend that the company would have a problem if one of its partners was found guilty of breaking the law. The quote was placed in the context of the Adidas group's partnership ...
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Eight people were indicted by a New York grand jury...
Eight people were indicted by a New York grand jury earlier this month in connection with the scandal that erupted around U.S. college basketball. They include Jim Gatto, an Adidas executive who was in charge of sports marketing for basketball, along with four assistant basketball coaches, an agent, an Adidas ...
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Puma, which was recently accused of damaging a 17th-century building...
Puma, which was recently accused of damaging a 17th-century building in Delhi with the painting for a shoe commercial, will restore the site to its original aspect. According to reports by FashionNetwork.com, the German sportswear brand has directed the agency responsible for causing the damage to restore the building to ...
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British Rowing and British Triathlon have announced a partnership to...
British Rowing and British Triathlon have announced a partnership to cross-promote and align their activities on the integration of British Rowing's Go Row Indoor within British Triathlon's Go Tri Gym Challenge product. The new partnership is meant to help both governing bodies increase their respective number of participants. British Rowing ...
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Canada Goose's new flagship in London was hit by burglars...
Canada Goose's new flagship in London was hit by burglars on Nov. 14, just days after its opening. According to reports, a ten-people gang used scooters to smash into the store's glass door. The thieves threatened a night security guard with a hammer and then managed to run away with ...
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a request...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a request by Adidas to declare Nike's Flyknit patents unprotectable. The Big a argued that a person of ordinary skill in knitting would have been able to combined prior patents with generally known textbook writing on knitting to develop the Flyknit. While ...
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Icon Health & Fitness has accused Nautilus of infringing on...
Icon Health & Fitness has accused Nautilus of infringing on its One Touch and Quick Speed trademarks through the buttons and the user manual of its TreadClimber. The lawsuit, filed in the Central District Court of Utah, also says that Nautilus has been making false claims about its Max Trainer, ...
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The European Commission has launched an investigation into the alleged...
The European Commission has launched an investigation into the alleged dumping of e-bikes from China, following a request by the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association for retroactive relief. Imports of e-bikes into the EU have reached more than 800,000 units a year, says the EBMA, claiming that they are priced at ...
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In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude...
In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude said it wants to prevent the deportation of refugees who are working at the company. Nine refugees from Syria, Nigeria, Gambia, Iraq and Afghanistan are currently working at Vaude. Five of them are facing deportation from Germany. In her letter ...
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Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole...
Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme). As part of this collaboration, Ensa guides will field-test Garmont products and provide feedback to enable improvements and future product developments. Among the boots that the Ensa mountain professionals will be using are the Dragontail, ...
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Columbia Sportswear has emerged largely victorious from a patent infringement...
Columbia Sportswear has emerged largely victorious from a patent infringement lawsuit over one of its Omni-Heat reflective technology designs. In late September, a jury in the U.S. District Court of San Diego awarded $3,018,000 in damages against another US-based snow apparel company Seirus Innovative Accessories, headquartered in San Diego. The ...
