News briefs – Page 38
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Poc Sweden has settled an intellectual property dispute with MIPS....
Poc Sweden has settled an intellectual property dispute with MIPS. The two companies now intend to develop helmets combining their respective technological innovations. They had sued and counter-sued each other last autumn over their patent rights, and MIPS had received a preliminary injunction that was later withdrawn.
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A sigh of relief spread through U.S. sporting goods industry...
A sigh of relief spread through U.S. sporting goods industry and market after the government of Donald Trump announced punitive duties on imports from China that spared the footwear and clothing sectors. However, market operators in Russia are expecting price increases of about 10 percent in the coming months due ...
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will try to...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will try to recruit retailers as members and the leadership of its new president, Andrès de la Dehesa, who is an expert in the digital interaction between brands and retailers through his cloud-based platform, Sportmas. Officials of Nike and Sprinter are already sitting ...
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Wolfgang Mayrhofer, the 57-year-old managing director of Atomic Austria, has...
Wolfgang Mayrhofer, the 57-year-old managing director of Atomic Austria, has again become the spokesman for the Austrian ski industry in the country's woodworking industry federation. He succeeds Franz Föttinger, the chief executive of Fischer Sports, which had held this role since 2012. Mayrhofer already represented the sector between 2008 and ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is urging fast ratification, by September at the latest, of the planned Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Vietnam. It points out that Fesi members are already on the ground to address the remaining concerns about labor conditions in ...
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Crocs cannot protect its namesake clog design in the European...
Crocs cannot protect its namesake clog design in the European Union. This is what the General Court of the European Union stated in a ruling on March 14. The EU court said that other shoemakers had seen the design of Crocs' clogs long before the company filed for registration, specifically ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90...
Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90 individual lawsuits alleging that its now closed tannery in Kent County, Michigan, polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals used by 3M to waterproof its leather, starting with its Hush Puppies shoes in 1958. About 20 sites are said to have ...
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Andrés de la Dehesa has reportedly been elected president of...
Andrés de la Dehesa has reportedly been elected president of the Asociación de Fabricantes y Distribuidores de Artículos Deportivos (Afydad), the Spanish association of sporting goods suppliers and distributors, for the next four years. He is taking over from Xavier Berneda, who has been on the presidential seat for eight ...
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Confirming the rulings of lower courts, Europe's General Court in...
Confirming the rulings of lower courts, Europe's General Court in Luxemburg has backed Adidas' opposition to an attempt by another company, Shoe Branding Europe, to register a two-stripe trademark in Belgium. Adidas had no comment. The legal dispute started in 2009 when Shoe Branding filed its first application for the ...
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Nike has won a case in the 9th U.S. Circuit...
Nike has won a case in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that the Jordan logo did not violate the copyrights of a photographer, Jacobus Rentmeester. The court admitted, however, that Nike's Jumpman logo was obviously inspired by his photo. Rentmeester had already lost in a federal ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has developed the WFSGI Compliance Labelling Requirements (CLR) Database, an online tool providing worldwide information on labeling requirements for the sporting goods industry. The database is to help companies face the everyday challenge of unclear labeling information, and therefore to avoid ...
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Myanmar has increased by 33 percent the minimum wage for...
Myanmar has increased by 33 percent the minimum wage for workers in the garment industry, which will be of MMK 4,800 (€2.9-$3.6) per day, or MMK 600 (€0.36-$0.44) per hour. The current basic daily salary is MMK 3,600 (€2.7-$3.3), a rate which was established in September 2012. The raise will ...
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Garmin has settled a patent dispute with Navico after losing...
Garmin has settled a patent dispute with Navico after losing the case in the International Trade Commission in the U.S. The two parties have agreed on a series of cross-licensing deals that should allow both companies to bring innovative products to the market.
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Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, held a seminar...
Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, held a seminar entitled “Sport Industry: The Italian Excellence” in South Korea on the occasion of the 23rd Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. The seminar, which was organized in collaboration with the Italian Trade Commission (ICE), took place at Casa Italia, the headquarters ...
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The European Parliament has endorsed the reforms to geo-blocking that...
The European Parliament has endorsed the reforms to geo-blocking that were agreed last year between the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament. Negotiators had agreed to put an end to unjustified geo-blocking, meaning that consumers should be allowed to purchase more products and services online from websites ...
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Li Ning, Akito Mizuno and Simon Cheng have been appointed...
Li Ning, Akito Mizuno and Simon Cheng have been appointed to the board of directors of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) until 2020. The three members were elected at the general assembly of the WFSGI, held in Munich just before Ispo. Li Ning, the former Olympic ...
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The general assembly of the Federation of the European Sporting...
The general assembly of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), held during Ispo Munich, appointed Virgil Caillet, director general of the French sports and bicycle industry association, Federation Union Sport & Cycle, as a new member of its board, as vice president and member of the executive ...
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The German competition authority (BKA) reports that the Bundesgerichtshof, the...
The German competition authority (BKA) reports that the Bundesgerichtshof, the Federal Court of Justice, has ruled Asics could not issue blanket bans preventing its dealers from using price comparison engines. As described by the BKA, the decision issued on Dec. 12 and published on Jan. 19 means that per se ...
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The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, which is the supreme...
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, which is the supreme court of the Swiss Confederation, has delivered a judgment stating that schools cannot ask parents more than CHF 16 (€14-$17) per day as a contribution to the costs for compulsory excursions and snow sports camps. The judgement was issued last ...
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Mueller Sports Medicine has won a German patent case. A...
Mueller Sports Medicine has won a German patent case. A German court enjoined 100 Mile from selling its Ultimate Performance knee brace, awarding unspecified damages and attorney's fees to the American company. A similar case is still pending in the U.K.
