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Nike and Converse file lawsuit against nearly 600 websites
Nike and its Converse subsidiary have filed the biggest lawsuit of the kind, accusing the 186 operators of 589 websites as well as 676 social media accounts for allegedly infringing on various trademarks and attempting to sell “falsely labeled” counterfeit products under their own brand names and that of Nike’s ...
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Graffiti artist sues TNF over Futurelight logo
Artnet News reports that the U.S. street artist Futura is suing The North Face (TNF) for allegedly copying the stylized swirled atom design that has for years appeared throughout his artwork in its 2019 Futurelight collection of apparel, subsequently expanded to various accessories. According to Artnet, the artist’s filing, which ...
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U.K., Canada to restrict business with Xinjiang, China
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the U.K. is seeking to separate British organizations from the extra-judicial detentions and forced labor that Uyghur Muslims and other minorities are undergoing at the hands of the ruling Chinese Communist Party in the province of Xinjiang. Citing “proof from the Chinese authorities’ ...
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New Accademia Creativi Montebelluna in Italy’s Sportsystem district
The new Accademia Creativi Montebelluna (Montebelluna Creative Academy) brings together designers and professionals from the footwear and sporting goods sector of the so-called Montebelluna Sportsystem industrial cluster, in Italy’s northeast. Its general aim is to safeguard and transmit the cluster’s technical know-how to the new generations. The chairman of the ...
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Another legal victory for Michael Jordan in China
Michael Jordan has won another victory in its legal battle with Qiaodan Sports, a Chinese sports apparel brand based in Fujian, obtaining an award of 300,000 renminbi (€38,000-$46,300) for “emotional” damages and RMB 50,000 for associated legal expenses. Early last year, China’s Supreme People’s Court had issued a final decision ...
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Italian and French ski lifts will reopen later than planned
French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Feb. 7 that the country’s ski facilities will not be allowed to re-open on Feb. 8, as previously planned, but failed to specify a new opening date, while indicating that the government will take the traditional February school holidays into account. Meanwhile, the ...
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HanesBrands wins trademark infringement case in China
HanesBrands, the parent company of Champion and other brands, has announced that it has received a favorable judgment from the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court in a trademark infringement lawsuit involving its Champion brand in China. The six Chinese defendants were Hurricane, Chengda, Rainbow Wing, Fuxun, Yunma and Wu Zhanghao. The ...
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Golf facilities shut down in England during new lockdown
All indoor and outdoor golf clubs and facilities in England, including driving ranges, have been required to shut down with immediate effect during the third national lockdown, which the U.K. government has just imposed and reinforced in connection with the worsening of the coronavirus pandemic. Golf retailers will be able ...
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Intersport retailer makes a fuss over the newly extended German retail lockdown
After a consultation with the state governments, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Jan. 5 that a nationwide retail lockdown for the sale of non-essential goods will be prolonged until Jan. 31 because of the ongoing high level of contaminations from the Covid-19 virus. It started on Dec. 16 and ...
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News briefsEU reaches an agreement in principle to facilitate investments in China
After seven years of talks, the European Union and China have agreed in principle on an investment agreement after their leaders met on a conference call on Dec. 30. The parties had set the end of 2020 as the deadline to strike a deal. The European Commission said that the ...
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Adidas opposes a proposed Thom Browne mark
In its latest move to defend its Three Stripes, Adidas has filed an opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) against a trademark application filed by Thom Browne in February. Adidas charges that the New York-based designer intends to use a logo consisting ...
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An anti-trust probe against Alibaba
The Chinese government’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has launched an anti-trust investigation against the Alibaba Group to verify charges that its marketplaces require merchants to sign exclusive agreements that prevent them from offering products on other internet platforms. At the same time, the People’s Bank of China, which ...
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Australian activewear firm sued over alleged anti-virus clothes
Lorna Jane, a manufacturer and retailer of women’s activewear with headquarters in Brisbane, is being taken to court by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for allegedly making a false claim that a range of its activewear could provide protection against Covid-19. In July the company released its “anti-virus ...
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Major burglary at Specialized headquarters
The headquarters of Specialized Bicycle Components in Morgan Hill, California, was hit by a daytime break-in and robbery on Sunday, Dec. 13. According to reports in The Mercury News, the thieves stole 18 high-value bicycles worth more than $160,000 in total. Police officers were called at about 4:35 pm by ...
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A collective e-commerce platform for Spanish buying groups
Many Spanish independent sports retailers do their purchasing through a variety of buying groups. Diffusion Sport reports that Spain’s National Association of Buying Groups and Organized Commerce (Anceco) has brought to fruition a two-decade-old idea to gather SMEs with similar profiles into a collaborative scheme to enable them to compete ...
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Anna Ferrino will run Assosport
Anna Ferrino, the 58-year-old president of the eponymous Italian brand of outdoor products, has been elected as the new president of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association. After four years on its executive board, she is taking the place of Federico De Ponti for the next two years. Anna ...
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Afydad to launch a virtual showroom
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is launching a digital marketing campaign as well as a digital platform for its members with B2B and B2C options. Each brand will have its own B2B space in a 360-degree virtual showroom, itself branded under the name “Spain Is Sports,” while an ...
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Crocs implements AI solution to block unauthorized web ads
Crocs has partnered with Namogoo Technologies on the implementation of a solution that automatically prevents unauthorized and distracting ads from appearing on the Crocs e-commerce site. The Namogoo Customer Journey Hijacking Prevention solution uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and block these ads, which are designed to look like native ...
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Union Sport & Cycle announces new board members
The French Union Sport & Cycle has announced Pascale Gozzi of Sport 2000 and Julien Gauthier of Skiset as new vice-presidents of the organization following its recent general assembly on Oct. 13. They succeed Christophe Mostaert and Paul Andrieux, but both of them will remain in the board. Jérôme Valentin ...
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Google could make new concessions to get Fitbit's takeover approved
According to Reuters, the deadline for the approval by European anti-trust authorities of Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit has been extended from Dec. 23 to Jan. 8 after Google expressed some readiness to change the concessions it would be willing to make. This came after receiving feedback from a ...
