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The European Commission has sent out a formal letter to...
The European Commission has sent out a formal letter to Slovenia's Ministry of Finance regarding the recovery of €10 million in state aid given to Elan. The letter is apparently requesting an urgent update on the steps that the Slovenian government is taking to obtain the reimbursement of the alleged ...
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The European Commission has started an investigation into the possible...
The European Commission has started an investigation into the possible circumvention of its anti-dumping duties on bicycles originating in Mainland China through transshipments or assembly operations in Cambodia, the Philippines and Pakistan. It reacted to a request made by the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) in behalf of 15 companies ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) put...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) put out a statement today welcoming the European Commission's proposal to remove import duties for most products originating from the Philippines, and calling for its swift approval by the European Parliament and the member states of the European Union. The removal ...
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A top executive of Hummel is playing down a report...
A top executive of Hummel is playing down a report about an investigation by the Danish Competition Authority into allegations that it has been hindering free price competition in the Danish market. According to the official, the investigation follows a request made by a salesman of the company to a ...
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Puma will not comment on reports that the Chilean football...
Puma will not comment on reports that the Chilean football federation (ANFP) has lodged a suit against the German company, asking to rescind its sponsorship contract with the national football team, which normally runs until July 2015. This would prevent Puma from acting as official supplier of the team during ...
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The board of directors of the European Federation of the...
The board of directors of the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has unanimously elected Luca Businaro as its new president until October 2016, taking the place of Bruno Alves who has left Nike to join the European Commission in Brussels. Businaro was recently re-elected as president of ...
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A Munich court has confirmed a preliminary injunction against Real,...
A Munich court has confirmed a preliminary injunction against Real, the food chain owned by Metro AG, which sold shirts and other items displaying an eagle that was apparently too similar to the one used by DFB, the German football federation. The court ruled that the eagle featured on Real's football fan ...
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Lynx Golf has taken action to stop the sale of...
Lynx Golf has taken action to stop the sale of counterfeit products by a U.K.-based golf distributor. Fake Lynx products were discovered for sale on eBay and Lynx' legal team tracked down the distributor. The company agreed an out of court settlement after the distributor acted quickly to shut down ...
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Luca Bettini, chief executive of Tecnocomponenti, has been elected president...
Luca Bettini, chief executive of Tecnocomponenti, has been elected president of Assofitness, the fitness section of Assosport, Italy's sporting goods industry association. He takes the place of the outgoing president, Deolo Falcone, for the next two years. One of its goals is to stimulate the internationalization of the sector, organizing ...
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Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and...
Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, to its global headquarters in London on July 25. The visit by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat party leaders was part of an exercise to see examples of flourishing British businesses. Pentland is a third-generation ...
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BSI, the German federation of sporting goods manufacturers, has abruptly...
BSI, the German federation of sporting goods manufacturers, has abruptly ousted its managing director, Adalbert von der Osten, who has served for eight years in the job, with effect from June 30. The official explanation for the decision by the board was differing positions on the development of the federation. ...
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Polartec reported on July 4 that it filed a patent...
Polartec reported on July 4 that it filed a patent infringement complaint with the German District Court in Düsseldorf against Pontetorto and its German sales agency, Christian Weichert Internationale Textilvertretungen. In the suit, Polartec is demanding compensatory damages and an injunction to prevent the sale of the infringing products. At ...
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The sale of Adidas to investors around Robert Louis-Dreyfus in...
The sale of Adidas to investors around Robert Louis-Dreyfus in 1993 is one of the cases still to be resolved amid the investigations into the dealings of the former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. He was held by police for questioning earlier this month in an unrelated investigation into allegations of ...
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After attacking Reebok over its Walk Ahead RS line, Skechers...
After attacking Reebok over its Walk Ahead RS line, Skechers USA has announced another patent infringement lawsuit related to its Go Walk line. This time, Fila USA is the defendant in the case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. At issue is Fila's Amazen ...
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved two final orders settling...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved two final orders settling charges that ski equipment manufacturers Marker Völkl (International) GmbH and Tecnica Group S.p.A. for many years illegally agreed not to compete for one another's ski endorsers or employees.
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, Fesi, has...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, Fesi, has signed a protocol of agreement with ACES Europe to cooperate in the promotion of physical activity, sports participation and the sports culture across Europe, encouraging synergies and common projects and developing new links with institutions. A representative of Fesi will ...
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Skechers USA has sued Reebok International for infringement of a...
Skechers USA has sued Reebok International for infringement of a design patent (D661,884) issued to Californian company in June 2010 for its GO Walk shoe. The 31-page complaint, filed on June 18 in Los Angeles, charges that Reebok “simply copied” the trade dress of Skechers' model in its Walk Ahead ...
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Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes...
Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes sold between 2010 and 2013 because of concerns over the SR Suntour suspension forks used on them. The recall is because the front forks, which were made in Taiwan and China, can break. The recall affects 11 models of Trek and ...
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Fifa is to invest US$900 million in the development football...
Fifa is to invest US$900 million in the development football during the 2015-2018 period, following the budget approval by Fifa's 64th Congress in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 10-11, on the eve of the opening match of the Fifa 2014 World Cup, which is being hosted by Brazil. This amount ...
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Claude Benoit has accepted to remain secretary general of Fedas,...
Claude Benoit has accepted to remain secretary general of Fedas, the European sporting goods retailers' federation, until the end of this year. The Swiss sporting goods industry veteran will probably be succeeded then by a German in the post, in order for the secretary general to be closer to Werner ...
