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Britain's Federation of Sport & Play Industries (FSPA) plans to...
Britain's Federation of Sport & Play Industries (FSPA) plans to change its logo and to improve its communication strategy. Working closely with the new British government in relation to Brexit, it will hold a meeting of its members next year to discuss its implications for the industry. The main concerns ...
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The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, paid a visit to...
The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, paid a visit to the headquarters of the Tecnica Group at Giavera del Montello, near Treviso, on Oct. 5, as part of a series of visits to factories in Italy's Northeast. Tecnica Group's portfolio of brands includes Nordica, Blizzard, Tecnica and Moon Boot. During ...
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The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian...
The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian high-end sporting goods retailer, to pay a fine of 800,000 Norwegian krone (€88,482.8-$97,763.4) for breach of marketing laws. According to a local newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv (DN), the reason for the penalty was that the chain announced a 20 percent discount ...
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Billabong International says the Federal Court of Australia has approved...
Billabong International says the Federal Court of Australia has approved the settlement of a previously announced shareholder's class action suit relating to market disclosures made in 2011. The settlement was already reported on July 11. Billabong is not disclosing the terms of the settlement but says they will have no ...
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A delegation of Fesi, the Federation of the Sporting Goods...
A delegation of Fesi, the Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, met in Brussels on Sept. 14 with Antonio Campinos, the executive director of the European Union's Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), as well as Paul Maier, the director in charge of intellectual property rights at the EU Observatory on Infringements, ...
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Snowsports Industries of America (SIA) has announced the addition of...
Snowsports Industries of America (SIA) has announced the addition of four new members to its leadership team. Maria McNulty will take over the role of chief operating officer, overseeing strategy development and the search for new opportunities for the industry. Kyle Kennedy, the new director of member services, will be ...
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Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in...
Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in connection with several footwear designs. In its complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Division) in late August, the sports giant alleges that Bally is offering for sale and selling footwear featuring two ...
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Bode Miller has filed a lawsuit against Head in a...
Bode Miller has filed a lawsuit against Head in a federal court in Los Angeles. The skier is currently planning to return to professional ski racing but a termination agreement signed with Head USA in 2015 prevents him from racing competitively on another company's equipment for two years. Miller's new ...
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Rottefella has appealed the Oslo district court's judgment in the...
Rottefella has appealed the Oslo district court's judgment in the matter of claims against Amer Sports Norway. Rottefella claims violations of marketing regulations, product copying and violations of intellectual property rights in connection with Salomon's launch of its Pro Link cross-country ski bindings earlier this year. On July 13, the ...
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Incentives for fitness participation are being introduced in France for...
Incentives for fitness participation are being introduced in France for companies subscribing to a new collective insurance policy for their employees, called Generali Vitality. The contract is a partnership between Generali and Discovery, a South African insurance company that has reportedly made similar deals with Prudential Insurance in the U.K., ...
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Barack Obama is continuing to push for the ratification of...
Barack Obama is continuing to push for the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by the U.S. Congress before his departure, although it suffered an unexpected setback in Vietnam. The 12 countries participating in the TPP have signed the agreement in February but it has yet to come into force ...
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Members of the European Platform for Sport Innovation (EPSI) decided...
Members of the European Platform for Sport Innovation (EPSI) decided at their general assembly on Aug. 31 to adopt the Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) as a roadmap for its activities in the five-year period until 2021. The networking organization strives for a more innovation-friendly environment, in order to stimulate ...
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A member of the European Parliament, Hannu Takkula, presented the...
A member of the European Parliament, Hannu Takkula, presented the key elements of a parliamentary report on the “Integrated approach to Sport Policy: Good Governance, accessibility, integrity” at a meeting organized at the House of Sport in Brussels on Aug. 29. The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, Fesi, ...
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A delegation of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods...
A delegation of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) met with Gian-Franco Kasper, the president of the International Ski Federation (FIS), in Brussels on Sept. 6, and agreed on extending the Memorandum of Understanding for World Snow Day, the annual snow festival for children and their families, ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is taking part in a conference to be held in Brussels on Monday, Sept. 12, as part of the second European Week of Sport (EWOS). The conference is organized by the House of Sport, which was created around the first EWOS ...
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The U.K. Federation of Sport & Play Associations (FSPA) is...
The U.K. Federation of Sport & Play Associations (FSPA) is urging the British government to stimulate more physical activity for children as part of its strategy against child obesity. It wants the government to reinvest revenues from a “sugar tax” on programs that would promote physical activity and balanced diets ...
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Columbia Sportswear has won a summary judgement in Portland federal...
Columbia Sportswear has won a summary judgement in Portland federal court regarding one of the patents covering its Omni-Heat reflective insulation technology. The Oregon judge found that the “overall visual effect” of the dot pattern used by Columbia was “nearly identical” to that of Seirus Innovative Products' range of Heatwave ...
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A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is...
A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is taking a new turn with an anti-trust lawsuit launched by the latter company against 18 founders, former and current directors of Crocs. It accuses them of conspiring to fraudulently obtain Crocs' clog patents, using them afterwards to attack competitors. It ...
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Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the...
Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the state of Oregon against Skechers, claiming that the design of the latter's “Mega Flex” shoe infringes on its “Springblade” concept. Last February, Adidas won a preliminary injunction against Skechers in another Oregon court case over ...
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Billabong International has announced the settlement of a litigation initiated...
Billabong International has announced the settlement of a litigation initiated in 2015 by shareholders who acquired shares in the company between February and December 2011. Billabong says the case will cost it 45 million Australian dollars (€30.5m-$33.7m) but will have no material impact on its results.
