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Further development of the FEDAS Key
SGI-DHO, the European organization that stands for the Sporting Goods Data Harmonization Organization is focusing on the further development of the FEDAS Key, for which it is responsible, in the “training/fitness” and “travel/outdoor equipment” categories. It has already adjusted the bike category and developed a new classification for “virus protection ...
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Germany extends lockdown - with easing options
On March 3, the federal-state conference in Germany decided on how to further extend its present lockdown for non-essential retailer operations until March 28, to help fend off the Covid-19 virus. Like in the U.K., it will be phased out in stages, but retailers are furious, partly also because many ...
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Ukraine seeks to involve other countries against Sportmaster
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has instructed his government to try to urge the U.S., the European Union and other foreign allies to impose similar economic sanctions as those that it has recently imposed on 27 persons and companies including Sportmaster Operations, the parent company of the Russian Sportmaster Group, regarding ...
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Russia may curtail counterfeiting within 12 months, Unichel feels
The mandatory tagging of footwear, coupled with increased controls in the Russian market, could curb the share of counterfeit shoes sold in the country, said Vladimir Denisenko, the head of Russia’s main footwear producer Unichel. Denisenko was initially critical about the tagging project when it was launched by the Russian ...
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Italian mountain areas call for a dedicated ministry
Italy’s Unione Nazionale Comuni Comunità Enti Montani (Uncem), the national organization of mountain municipalities, is calling for the creation of a new post of minister or undersecretary for mountain areas – “Ministero alla Montagna e alle Aree Interne” (Minister for the Mountains and Internal Areas), it suggested. The new government ...
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Ukraine imposes sanctions on Sportmaster
Sportmaster-Ukraine has been included in a list of sanctions imposed on Feb. 19 by the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council through a presidential decree notified to Sportmaster Operations Pte. the company based in Singapore that controls Sportmaster’s operations outside Russia. The sanctions have been levied against Sportmaster and 18 ...
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Crocs may have won the battle for its clog’s patent
A panel of three judges in a U.S. Federal Circuit court confirmed a previous verdict by the Trademark and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) that validated Crocs’ core patent (N° D517,789) on its clogs. The board had responded to an appeal made by a successor ...
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Peloton wants Mad Dogg’s Spinning trademarks cancelled
Complaining that Mad Dogg Athletics has been “abusively enforcing” the trademarks it registered in the U.S. for Spin and Spinning, Peloton has asked the Trademark and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel them. Peloton argues that the terms are generic and complains that Mad ...
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Frasers takes a hit with English retail lockdown due to end on Apr. 12
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that non-essential retail stores may reopen in England on April 12 after having been closed since Jan. 4 to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Indoor leisure facilities such as gyms are also due to reopen on that date. Like in other countries, ...
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Tokyo 2020 appoints new female president
Seiko Hashimoto, a former Japanese minister and seven-time Olympian, has been appointed as the new president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games organizing committee. She replaces the 83-year-old former president, Yoshiro Mori, who quit earlier this month after causing a firestorm of critiques internationally for comments on female ...
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+++ Macron has applied for and obtained the ISO 9001:2015 certification, a standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system, from the Italian office of TÜV Rheinland Italy +++
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Italy blocks the reopening of ski lifts
Ski resorts were supposed to reopen in Italy on Monday, Feb. 15, but the Italian Health Minister, Roberto Speranza, abruptly signed a decree on Sunday, extending the ban on recreational ski resorts until at least March 5, in connection with the spread of the British variant of the coronavirus across ...
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Some internet platforms will have a harder time in Germany
German authorities have passed an amendment to the German Competition Act, published in the Federal Gazette on Jan. 19, that will allow the country’s strong Federal Cartel Office (FCO) to ban large internet platforms like Amazon from engaging in certain types of conduct much earlier than before. The German Cartel ...
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Council of Europe adopts two resolutions on sports
The 16th Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport of the Council of Europe has adopted two resolutions. The first one, titled “A European approach to sport policies: the revision of the European Sports Charter,” is meant to “facilitate access to sports for all layers of society,” largely through investments in ...
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Another legal victory for the Moon Boot
Tecnica Group has won a second court verdict in Italy to protect the intellectual property rights behind its Moon Boot, and it is now planning to carry the fight to other countries as well, starting with Germany and Italy. The Milan Tribunal ruled on Jan. 25 that the unique design ...
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New Balance wins a $3.9m lawsuit against a Chinese copycat
New Balance has won another trademark lawsuit in China against New Barlun, a footwear maker based in Fujian, and its distributor Shanghai Shiyi Trade. The Shanghai Huangpu District Court awarded New Balance 25 million renmimbi (€3.2m-$3.9m) in damages on Jan. 5. According to the Financial Times, it is one of ...
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Mandatory shoe tagging doesn’t prevent counterfeiting in Russia
Russian law enforcement agencies have discovered a big store that had been selling fake sports shoes under the guise of famous brands for almost one year in a shopping center in the central Nevsky district of St. Petersburg. It was estimated that the store caused the rights holders damages close ...
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Fibit and Garmin win an IP round against Philips
An administrative law judge of the International Trade Commission of the U.S. issued an initial determination that clears Garmin and Fitbit of a charge that they have been infringing on patents held by Koninklijke Philips and its North American subsidiary. In December 2019, the Dutch electronics multinational had brought a ...
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The IOC releases the first Tokyo 2020 “playbook” for safe Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee (Tokyo 2020) have published the first of a series of ”Playbooks” for the Olympic Games, a resource that outlines the responsibilities of key stakeholders in ensuring safe and successful events this summer. This first ...
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+++ The Government of Quebec has withdrawn its financial backing fir Montreal’s bid to stage matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, which will be hosted across Canada, Mexico and the U.S., due to the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic +++
