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Garmin's first generation of SideVü sonar products infringes a patent...
Garmin's first generation of SideVü sonar products infringes a patent on a Johnson Outdoors side scan sonar used in certain Humminbird fishfinders, according to an initial determination by an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission (ITC). The ruling is subject to review by the ITC. The judge determined ...
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Skechers has announced it has filed a law suit against...
Skechers has announced it has filed a law suit against Steve Madden for copyright infringement. The shoe style in question is Steven by Steve Madden's Setta shoe, which allegedly infringes on the Skechers Go Walk and other Skechers product lines. In the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District ...
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Polartec and Pontetorto have announced an amicable settlement of a...
Polartec and Pontetorto have announced an amicable settlement of a lawsuit that the Italian company had filed in a German court over alleged infringement of certain intellectual property rights. The two companies say they have found more common ground than differences. They have decided to collaborate in order to develop ...
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Nike has settled out of court the lawsuit it launched...
Nike has settled out of court the lawsuit it launched last December against three former designers who have moved to Adidas to run a new creative design studio in Brooklyn. Reportedly, the agreement was reached quite suddenly. The suit charged that the three former Nike officials - Denis Dekovic, Marc ...
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Frank Hugelmeyer, who left the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) last...
Frank Hugelmeyer, who left the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) last year after four years as president and chief executive, is to become the next president of the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA). He will become president-elect on July 13 and formally start at the beginning of October when Richard Coon ...
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Like in other countries, women are in focus in the...
Like in other countries, women are in focus in the country down under. The Australian Sporting Goods Association (ASGA) has announced a new project worth 140,000 Australian dollars (€98,051-$106,918) to study trends in women's activewear, consumer sentiment in the category and its future. The project will take about nine months. ...
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A lawsuit that accused Lululemon of defrauding shareholders by not...
A lawsuit that accused Lululemon of defrauding shareholders by not revealing a product issue with Luon yoga pants has been dismissed, Reuters reports. The case focused on problems that caused Luon yoga pants to become see-through, causing a costly recall in March 2013. An appeals court in Manhattan ruled earlier ...
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After three years of negotiations, the People's Republic of China...
After three years of negotiations, the People's Republic of China and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) intended to remove most import tariffs on each other's products within the next 20 years, subject to parliamentary approval. China is the biggest trading partner for Korea and vice versa. ...
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The Correctional Court of Bayonne has ordered Volcom's European subsidiary...
The Correctional Court of Bayonne has ordered Volcom's European subsidiary in nearby Anglet to pay fine of €150,000 for evasion of French taxes in 2008 and 2009. A spokesman for Kering, which acquired the American boardsports brand in 2011, said it will pay the fine although the offense occurred prior ...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty (TPP), a proposed trade deal between...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty (TPP), a proposed trade deal between 12 American and Asian countries, which is of major interest to some sporting goods companies, was at the center of frantic political action in the U.S. last week. On Tuesday, Democrats blocked a bill meant to provide fast-track negotiation powers ...
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The Portland Business Journal has reported that Nike Inc. has...
The Portland Business Journal has reported that Nike Inc. has subpoenaed several top global executives at the Adidas Group, including Eric Liedtke, the executive board member in charge of global brands, and the head of Adidas North America, Mark King. The subpoenas relate to the ongoing battle between Nike and three ...
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Members of BVA, the German federation of fishing equipment...
Members of BVA, the German federation of fishing equipment wholesalers and manufacturers, have resolved to dissolve the organisation, after failing to agree on its future. The main reason for the decision is the dwindling number of exhibitors and visitors at its trade and consumer shows, Anspo and Anspomeile, which were ...
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Marta Mercador is the new secretary general of Afydad, the...
Marta Mercador is the new secretary general of Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, from this month, taking the place of Paola Cobos. Mercador has collected experience in the organization of international trade shows and trade missions. Notably, she has worked for more than ten years in export promotion ...
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The Australian government has launched a new program, Play.Sport.Australia, to...
The Australian government has launched a new program, Play.Sport.Australia, to encourage more people to practice sports in a country where some 13,000 people die each year due to physical inactivity and where one-quarter of the children are overweight or obese. Australia's Ministry for Health & Sport wants to conduct a ...
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Helen Ford, formerly at Pentland Brands and Li & Fung,...
Helen Ford, formerly at Pentland Brands and Li & Fung, has been appointed from the start of April as the Asia director of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), based in Hong Kong. Ford spent many years at the Pentland Group, as a supply chain director and ...
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The German Supreme Court, the Bundesgerichtshof, has ruled in favor...
The German Supreme Court, the Bundesgerichtshof, has ruled in favor of Puma in its case against a company selling tee-shirts under the Pudel brand name, according to ispo.com. The name was accompanied by a logo that was meant to represent a jumping poodle but was clearly reminiscent of Puma's leaping ...
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Adidas has sued Marc Jacobs in an Oregon court for...
Adidas has sued Marc Jacobs in an Oregon court for the designer's use of four parallel stripes along the sleeves of some knitted garments. Adidas claims that they are confusingly similar to the three stripes used in two garments designed in cooperation with Yohji Yamamoto for its own Y-3 line.
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Fila USA has reached a settlement with Converse, joining H&M,...
Fila USA has reached a settlement with Converse, joining H&M, Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch, the Aldo Group and three other alleged infringers of the trademark rights related to its Chuck Taylor All Star collection of sneakers. The action is a response to a complaint filed by Converse last October with ...
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A U.S. federal court has awarded $3.3 million in damages...
A U.S. federal court has awarded $3.3 million in damages to Columbia Sportswear in its lawsuit against Fibretonics over its Omni-Heat technology, introduced in 2011. In the suit, filed in September 2013, Columbia had requested damages of $9.4 million, charging that Fibertronics' improperly aligned heating components in the wrist cuffs ...
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Stuart Jones, the 40-year-old son of Sir David Jones, has...
Stuart Jones, the 40-year-old son of Sir David Jones, has been found not guilty of forging a bank statement in relation to the fraudulent payments that his father had allegedly received in 2009 from Dave Whelan, founder of JJB Sports, and Mike Ashley, president of Sports Direct International. Stuart Jones ...
