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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), ...
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The Sunday Times reported earlier this month that Mike Ashley,...
The Sunday Times reported earlier this month that Mike Ashley, the chief executive and majority shareholder of Sports Direct International (SDI), has lost a round in a legal fight with a former adviser, who claims he is owed £14 million (€16.7m-$17.9m) through a deal allegedly agreed in a pub. The ...
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Puma filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 at the end...
Puma filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 at the end of March for allegedly copying three shoe designs, the Creeper, the Bow Slide and the Fur Slide. The suit against the fast fashion retailer was filed with the United States District Court for the Central District of California and reportedly ...
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Adidas has launched a counterfeiting suit against Asics America, charging...
Adidas has launched a counterfeiting suit against Asics America, charging that the Japanese brand copied some elements of its fitness app. Filed in a Delaware court, the suit charges that Asics' Fitnesskeeper and Runkeeper apps, which it bought last year, breache ten patents registered by Adidas. Three years ago, Adidas ...
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Puma said it was trying to reach an out of...
Puma said it was trying to reach an out of court settlement with a Swiss maker of furniture and wooden household products, to put an end to a dispute around a logo. As reported by Textilwirtschaft, Puma objected when the Swiss company filed an application with the Swiss Federal Institute ...
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Members of the Development Committee of the European Union (EU)...
Members of the Development Committee of the European Union (EU) Parliament are urging the European Commission to propose binding human rights rules for all the players in the apparel supply chain. The Members of the Committee have suggested a series of measures including: a binding due diligence system based on ...
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Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Puma in the federal...
Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Puma in the federal court of Portland, Oregon, charging that the four stripes on the Empower Vigor 1 Camo FG cleated shoe create confusion in the market with its own three-stride trademark. The stripes on Puma's shoe appear as extensions of the lacing system, ...
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Decathlon has recalled two models of its push scooters from...
Decathlon has recalled two models of its push scooters from the market because of their defective handlebar and asked consumers who bought them to get certain components replaced by technicians at its stores. The scooter models are the Oxelo Town 7 and 9.
