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A group of young models is suing Skechers USA, accusing...
A group of young models is suing Skechers USA, accusing it using their images without proper payment. The complaint, filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles, say that Skechers paid a small fee for limited use of the models' images, but then built a global branding campaign around the photos, ...
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The extension of the present European anti-dumping duties on bicycles...
The extension of the present European anti-dumping duties on bicycles imported from China was backed by a majority of the governments represented at a recent meeting of the anti-dumping committee of the European Commission, according to a report in Bike Europe. The Commission has apparently proposed that they should be ...
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The Turkish government is expected to announce shortly a major...
The Turkish government is expected to announce shortly a major increase in the country's import duties for apparel and some other items until April 2014. Adidas, Nike and other sports companies have been advocating the exclusion of certain items that cannot be manufactured in Turkey.
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Representatives of Adidas, Nike and Puma have signed a protocol...
Representatives of Adidas, Nike and Puma have signed a protocol with representatives of Indonesian factory workers, their unions and various institutions, including the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, to support and promote the adoption of practices that will strengthen the application of Freedom of Association guidelines in Indonesian ...
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Greenpeace has reported that Chinese plants making products for Adidas,...
Greenpeace has reported that Chinese plants making products for Adidas, Nike and Puma polluted rivers in the country, sending toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals that are banned in Europe and elsewhere into the water. The plants were subcontractors of the big athletic companies as well as other brands such as Li Ning, ...
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The Indian government has announced that it is going...
The Indian government has announced that it is going to take action to fight the cotton crisis in the country. It was holding consultations among ministries this week to take a look at cotton exports. Measures it could introduce include reinstating duty drawback on cotton yarn exports and establishing a ...
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is overseeing the recall...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is overseeing the recall of about 800 Uvex Funride ski helmets that were imported into the U.S. by Uvex Sports of Rhode Island and Swix Sports of Massachusetts. The helmets were found to provide insufficient shock absorption and resistance to penetration, increasing the wearer's ...
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Dahon North America, the maker of folding bicycles, has filed...
Dahon North America, the maker of folding bicycles, has filed suit in a U.S. District Court again Joshua Hon and Florence Hon, two former officers of the company, and two companies they operate, Mobility Holdings and Tern Bicycles. Dahon alleges that the two wrongfully seized control of its Taiwan subsidiary, ...
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Puma said that, as part of its legal battle with...
Puma said that, as part of its legal battle with its former licensee in Spain, any new arbitration case would have to be resolved within six months after its filing. Puma and Estudio 2000 already went through arbitration after the licensee refused to relinquish its rights to the Puma brand ...
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the U.K.'s advertising watchdog, has...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the U.K.'s advertising watchdog, has banned a marketing leaflet used by Reebok to promote its ZigTech shoes and apparel, arguing that it was confusing. The front of the leaflet featured Lewis Hamilton, the Formula One driver, holding up a ZigTech shoe, while the back cover ...
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Sixteen new members have joined the World Federation of the...
Sixteen new members have joined the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) since its annual meeting in February. Since the start of this year, 26 members have joined, mostly from the cycling and shoe manufacturing industry. This is partly due to the fact that the WFSGI recently formed ...
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The District Court of Madrid has repealed the ruling of...
The District Court of Madrid has repealed the ruling of a Spanish arbitration committee, issued in June last year, that required Puma to pay €98 million in compensation to Estudio 2000, after the termination of this company's license for the Puma brand in Spain at the beginning of last year. ...
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We hear that Intersport Germany has finally settled its claim...
We hear that Intersport Germany has finally settled its claim against Hartmut Fröhlich, the long-time president of the group. Intersport alleged that the retired president had broken the buying group's rules of conduct by providing financial support to troubled members. Apparently, the judge in charge accepted the settlement of the ...
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A court in Düsseldorf has ruled that Künzli Classic shoes,...
A court in Düsseldorf has ruled that Künzli Classic shoes, which feature five stripes, should be removed from German stores. This is the latest installment in a dispute between K-Swiss, the Californian shoe brand, and Künzli, the much smaller Swiss brand from which K-Swiss originated. Künzli said that its founder, ...
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Puma said that it was taking action to improve working...
Puma said that it was taking action to improve working conditions at factories making Puma products in Cambodia, after one of them saw an outbreak of mass fainting last April. The incident at the footwear factory operated by Heuy Chuen led to an inquiry implemented by the independent Fair Labor ...
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Henry Kissinger, the famous former U.S. statesman, has been invited...
Henry Kissinger, the famous former U.S. statesman, has been invited by Sepp Blatter, who was recently re-elected at the head of Fifa, to join a new committee intended to improve the accountability of the international governing body for football. Kissinger, who is now 88 years old, has reportedly replied that ...
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A woman is suing Fila over its Body Toning System...
A woman is suing Fila over its Body Toning System workout apparel, saying that its claims that the clothes increase muscle effort by 50 percent and helps muscles work more efficiently are false. Bertha Castaneda said she would not have bought the gear if she had known these claims were ...
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Skechers is receiving a beating from bloggers in the wake...
Skechers is receiving a beating from bloggers in the wake of its new Shape-ups campaign for girls. The ads show animated girls getting excited about the “extra height and bounce” that they get by wearing the shoes. The ads also feature cartoon boys dressed as fast food and snack food, ...
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The U.S. District Court for the district of Delaware has...
The U.S. District Court for the district of Delaware has affirmed a ruling in favor of Acushnet in its long-standing patent dispute with Callaway Golf. Starting in 2006, Callaway claimed that Acushnet's Titleist Pro V1 golf balls violated several of its patents; Acushnet countered that the patents were invalid and ...
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Brooks Sports and Adidas have amicably settled a dispute over...
Brooks Sports and Adidas have amicably settled a dispute over the latter's use of the Beast trade name in the Beast Commander, a basketball shoe that the Three Stripes launched last year. The Brooks Beast came out in the running market in 1992. Under the settlement, Adidas is allowed to ...
