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A Chinese court has ruled that Under Armour is owed...
A Chinese court has ruled that Under Armour is owed 2 million yuan renminbi (€0.26m-$0.30m) in damages by the Chinese company that has been selling the Uncle Martian brand with a logo uncannily similar to Under Armour's, according to the U.S. group's lawyers. Uncle Martian was launched last year by ...
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Changing its management structure, Fedas, the European sports retailers' federation,...
Changing its management structure, Fedas, the European sports retailers' federation, now has two presidents. Michael Nendwich, who became managing director of the Austrian sporting goods industry federation (VSSÖ) in 2008, joins Werner Haizmann, who has held the post for 21 years and continues to run the German sports retailers' federation ...
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Lululemon Athletica has reportedly sued Under Armour in a Delaware...
Lululemon Athletica has reportedly sued Under Armour in a Delaware court, alleging that it has infringed on the four-strap design of its best-selling Energy Bra, offering the items for sale at lower prices. It is seeking damages and an injunction on the sale of the allegedly infringing items: the Armour ...
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Puma says it has withdrawn its request for a preliminary...
Puma says it has withdrawn its request for a preliminary injunction against the Adidas Group at the regional court of Braunschweig. The case related to the Stan Smith Boost by Adidas. Puma alleged that it infringed on one of its registered European designs, focusing on the midsole. Last week, the ...
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Puma has reached an out-of-court settlement with Urwyler & Hostettler,...
Puma has reached an out-of-court settlement with Urwyler & Hostettler, a supplier of furniture and wooden household items in Switzerland that adopted a logo with a leaping animal. The company, which sells the Made in Ermatingen brand, filed an application to register the logo for sports footwear, sports apparel and ...
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As previously reported, a district court in California recently rejected...
As previously reported, a district court in California recently rejected a trademark infringement claim by Puma against Forever 21 because of insufficient evidence of irreparable harm. Skechers has now won a round against Adidas in a court in Portland, where the judge similarly felt that the Big a was not ...
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The organizers of Art Basel, an arts exhibition held in...
The organizers of Art Basel, an arts exhibition held in Basel, Miami and Hong Kong, have reportedly filed a lawsuit against the Adidas Group due to its allegedly unauthorized use of the Art Basel name on a limited edition of Adidas EQT shoes on the occasion of Art Basel in ...
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Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost...
Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost a final appeal in French courts against a ruling that he should reimburse €404 million paid out to him after arbitration proceedings around the sale of the sports company in 1993. Tapie has long alleged that he was fleeced by ...
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Garmin International has announced that it has won its patent...
Garmin International has announced that it has won its patent dispute with Navico as the previous rulings in the dispute have been reversed by a Federal Court in the U.S. In December 2015, the International Trade Commission (ITC) found that Garmin had infringed patents related to Navico's sonars. The U.S. ...
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Three industry executives have been elected as joint presidents of...
Three industry executives have been elected as joint presidents of BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, taking the place of Désirée Derin-Holzapfel, who resigned from the post last January. The trio consists of three board members - Monique van Dooren-Westerdaal, chief executive of Euro-star Reitmoden ; Karl-Josef Sedlmeyer, vice president ...
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The Marker Dalbello Völkl (MDV) group says it has reached...
The Marker Dalbello Völkl (MDV) group says it has reached a settlement with Head/Tyrolia in a patent and utility model dispute regarding their ski bindings, after a four-year controversy. MDV said the dispute focused on whether the ski bindings produced by Tyrolia and used in its Attack and Adrenalin ranges ...
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Forever 21, the fast-fashion retailer, is opposing a demand by...
Forever 21, the fast-fashion retailer, is opposing a demand by Puma for a preliminary injunction, asking a U.S. court to dismiss the Wild Cat's argument that it is infringing on the designs of the Creeper, Fur Slide and Bow Slide models. According to Forever 21, the designs “are commonplace and ...
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An administrative judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)...
An administrative judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recommended a $37 million fine against Garmin, charging that certain DownVii sonar products marketed by the company violate a determination made in favor of Navico by the ITC in December 2015, following a previous investigation. Garmin disagrees and says it ...
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Nike stated that it has no plans to stop sponsoring...
Nike stated that it has no plans to stop sponsoring Tiger Woods in spite of a widely circulated video in which the former N° 1 golfer in the world was unable to walk straight after damaging his car on a road in Florida. Police found no alcohol in his blood ...
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The Federation of Sports and Play Associations, which represents the...
The Federation of Sports and Play Associations, which represents the U.K. sporting goods industry, has adopted a new and more modern logo and is launching a new website to connect better with its members. The new and more user-friendly website is intended among other things to communicate better the benefits ...
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A Spanish court has dismissed a request by JD Sports...
A Spanish court has dismissed a request by JD Sports Fashion for precautionary measures against a local chain, Oteros Sport, which alleged similarities between the logos and the corporate identity of its new Oteros Sneakers For All stores and those of its own stores. The court accepted Oteros' argument that ...
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Asics is asking for the dismissal of a patent infringement...
Asics is asking for the dismissal of a patent infringement suit by Adidas, filed in March, with regard to its Fitnesskeeper and Runkeeper apps. Asics is arguing that 10 of the patents at issue are invalid because they “fail to recite patent-eligible subject matter” and “do not contain an inventive ...
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Dan Holmgren, former buyer at Sportigan, has been appointed as...
Dan Holmgren, former buyer at Sportigan, has been appointed as director of Sportsbranchen, the Danish association for sporting goods suppliers and retailers. He takes over from Preben Boas, who retired earlier this year but has set up a consultancy, Sport & More, to advise companies interested in the Danish sports ...
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Wilco Prins, the general manager of Rip Curl Europe who...
Wilco Prins, the general manager of Rip Curl Europe who has been re-elected as president of Eurosima, the European surf industry association, says he will try to develop its actions at the European level. While it has members in nine European countries, 87 percent of them are based in France. ...
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Two more partners have joined the House of Sport, which...
Two more partners have joined the House of Sport, which groups together organizations in sports and leisure. Established in Brussels two years ago, it aims to more efficiently promote the benefits of physical activity and address the sector's challenges. The two newcomers are the European and Mediterranean Horseracing Federation (EuroMedracing), ...
