All Legal articles – Page 58
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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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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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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 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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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.
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The German sporting goods industry federation, BSI, has launched the...
The German sporting goods industry federation, BSI, has launched the “BSI Sport Clearing Center,” an EDI interface for the sporting goods industry. The aim is to work together and optimize processes by organizing a common platform for retailers and suppliers. BSI wants to accelerate data exchange between retailers and suppliers ...
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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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Spain's High Sports Council is proposing to add one hour...
Spain's High Sports Council is proposing to add one hour of physical education every week in the country's schools
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The European Platform for Sport Innovation (Epsi) hosted a meeting...
The European Platform for Sport Innovation (Epsi) hosted a meeting in Brussels on Jan. 25, to secure sport as a thematic area under the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation (S3P- Industrial Modernisation). During the meeting, Alberto Bichi, in his capacity as Epsi's co-executive director, stressed the role that Epsi ...
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The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) is preparing to launch a...
The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) is preparing to launch a Europe-wide Platform on Bicycle Sharing & Systems (PEBSS), on the back of the strong interest generated by its Smarter Cycling initiative. The platform is to be launched as part of the group's Cycling Industry Club (CIC) network. The federation says ...
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The European Parliament has approved a “Report on an integrated...
The European Parliament has approved a “Report on an integrated approach to Sport Policy: good governance, accessibility and integrity.” In line with the vision advocated by the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), the document stresses the importance of sport as a driver of growth for the European ...
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A Norwegian news service, Dagens Næringsliv, reports that Active Brands...
A Norwegian news service, Dagens Næringsliv, reports that Active Brands has decided to pull the Johaug brand of sports apparel out of the Finnish market due to unwanted exposure in connection with the doping scandal affecting Therese Johaug. In Sweden, the brand will continue with a select number of retailers. ...
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Erwin and Krystian Markowski were reportedly sentenced to six years...
Erwin and Krystian Markowski were reportedly sentenced to six years in prison at Nottingham's crown court earlier this week for luring men from Poland to work at Sports Direct International's warehouse in Shirebrook and then stealing part of their earnings. The brothers apparently employed a “spotter” in Poland to identify ...
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As part of its digital single market strategy, and its...
As part of its digital single market strategy, and its action plan on value added tax (VAT), the European Commission has proposed measures that should make it easier and cheaper for companies to trade online. The Commission estimates that the measures could lead to annual savings of about €2.3 billion ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...
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Michael Tseng, president and chief executive of Merida Industry, is...
Michael Tseng, president and chief executive of Merida Industry, is taking over from Tony Lo as chairman of the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA), after Lo retired from his job as chief executive of Giant Manufacturing last year. Lo had been the TBA's chairman for the last six years but the ...
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Elzbieta Bienkowska, the European Union's commissioner for the internal market,...
Elzbieta Bienkowska, the European Union's commissioner for the internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and small & medium-sized enterprises, has agreed to participate in a CEO meeting organized by the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) during the Ispo Munich show next month. The purpose of the meeting is to ...
