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In yet another twist of the drawn-out legal battle around...
In yet another twist of the drawn-out legal battle around the sale of Adidas by Bernard Tapie to investors around Robert Louis-Dreyfus in 1993, the French businessman has been ordered by the appeal court in Paris to reimburse €404.6 million to the French state. Alleging that he was duped by ...
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Pou Chen is among the companies that have increased production...
Pou Chen is among the companies that have increased production in Vietnam in view of the duty-free benefits of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement. According to reports in The Nikkei Asian Review, the athletic shoe manufacturer made 39 percent of its shoes in Vietnam in 2014, as ...
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Moncler said it has won a lawsuit against a Chinese...
Moncler said it has won a lawsuit against a Chinese company that produced and marketed down jackets with Moncler's logo, and has been awarded €420,000 in damages by the Intellectual Property Court in Beijing. Moncler sued Beijing Nuoyakate Gourmet in December 2014 after discovering that it sold jackets with counterfeit ...
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The International Trade Commission in the U.S. has ruled that...
The International Trade Commission in the U.S. has ruled that Skechers' Twinkle Toes and Bobs shoes don't infringe on Converse's trademark for the Chuck Taylor midsole. The judge in the case found that there were enough differences in the design features to avoid confusion among consumers. According to Skechers, the ...
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The French anti-trust authority has closed an investigation launched against...
The French anti-trust authority has closed an investigation launched against Adidas last year about the conditions that it was imposing on its retail customers to sell Adidas and Reebok products over the internet. It has dropped all pursuits following Adidas' decision at the beginning of this year to allow the ...
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Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation, has set up...
Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation, has set up a new Working Committee on Digital to handle various aspects of digital technologies on a European scale, including data protection. At its general assembly, Fesi also appointed Neil Narriman, global head of intellectual property at Puma, as vice president. He ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has formed...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has formed an Aquatics Committee to act as the water sports industry's representative body with international governing bodies such as the Féderation Internationale de Natation (Fina) or the International Triathlon Union (ITU), organizers of sports events, international standards institutions and non-governmental organizations. ...
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According to The Daily Mail, Sports Direct is one of...
According to The Daily Mail, Sports Direct is one of several British retailers that are facing the risk of an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of the U.K. over allegations that they blocked negative reviews on their websites, cherry-picking instead positive comments made by customers. The reports ...
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A German private-sector watchdog, the Centre for Protection against Unfair...
A German private-sector watchdog, the Centre for Protection against Unfair Competition, has filed a suit in a regional court in Berlin against Zalando, accusing the e-tailer of false advertising. The suit alleges that Zalando had made customers believe that they had to act to buy certain clothing items on its ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading British sports retailer and...
Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading British sports retailer and wholesaler, again rebuffed allegations about the workplace practices at its huge warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. They were scrutinized in a documentary broadcast by the BBC, which indicated that ambulances had been called to the facility more than 80 times in ...
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Lacoste has obtained the backing of the General Court of...
Lacoste has obtained the backing of the General Court of the European Union (EU) in a trademark dispute against Mocek and Wenta. The judges of EU's second highest court ruled that the caiman logo that the Polish competitor sought to register in the EU was similar enough to Lacoste's iconic ...
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Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...
Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district court on Sept. 14, charging that one of its shoe styles is a knock-offs of its Stan Smith model, and that others use its Supernova trademark and its Three-Stripe mark. The two companies have already squared off and reached settlements ...
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Cougar Sport, a company based in New York, has asked...
Cougar Sport, a company based in New York, has asked the Southern District Court of the state for a declaratory judgment that its two-pipe two-strip design doesn't infringe on Adidas' three-stripe design. Adidas sent Cougar a letter on Sept. 15 threatening to sue the company for trademark infringement in a ...
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Under Armour says it has received preliminary approval from the...
Under Armour says it has received preliminary approval from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to settle a lawsuit brought by holders of the company's A shares to oppose a plan to create a new class of C shares that will reinforce Kevin Plank's personal grip on the company. This ...
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Marc Pinsard, a 45-year-old Frenchman who acts as deputy senior...
Marc Pinsard, a 45-year-old Frenchman who acts as deputy senior general manager in charge of the global brand marketing division of Asics, is the new chairman of CISO, the Committee on International Sports Organizations of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI). Fluent in French, English and Japanese, ...
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The World Squash Federation (WFS) is seeking a clarification on...
The World Squash Federation (WFS) is seeking a clarification on the recent rejection of the sport for the 2020 Olympics in Japan. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had recently offered the 2020 Games' hosts the opportunity to increase the number of sports previously agreed by the Buenos Aires session in ...
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Six mass participation cycling events have come together to form...
Six mass participation cycling events have come together to form the World Association of Cycling Events (WACE), with a mission to promote and increase cycling worldwide. The creation of the new body was announced following a meeting in Rome on Oct. 7. WACE cover various aspect of cycling, from urban ...
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Cambodian garment workers are considering strike action after the government...
Cambodian garment workers are considering strike action after the government voted to raise the monthly minimum wage for the footwear and apparel sector by 9.4 percent to $140, starting next January. A majority representing the government, factories and unions supported an increase to $135 a month, and the government then ...
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The U.S. government is considering placing Taobao, the big e-commerce...
The U.S. government is considering placing Taobao, the big e-commerce platform operated by China's Alibaba Group, on its list of “Notorious Markets” for its continued offering of products that are in conflict with intellectual property rights. This comes after the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) issued a complaint against ...
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Body Glove International and Sport Dimension have been sued by...
Body Glove International and Sport Dimension have been sued by Qbas Co. and QDS Injection Molding in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Califonia. The complaint alleged infringement of patents by Body Glove's Passage Go Pro goggle and other products.
