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Pascal Aymar, the seasoned French executive who helped build up...
Pascal Aymar, the seasoned French executive who helped build up the rather successful master's degree program in sporting goods industry management at the EMLyon business school in the past two-three years, has resigned from his post. His successor has not yet been named. Aymar has decided to lead a broader ...
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Under Armour (UA) said it will pursue all business and...
Under Armour (UA) said it will pursue all business and legal courses of action against Uncle Martian, a Chinese brand accused by UA of plagiarism. The Chinese brand allegedly used a logo very similar to UA's in a recent launch event whose pictures went viral on China's social networks. Similarly ...
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Adidas and Under Armour (UA) have reportedly settled a patent...
Adidas and Under Armour (UA) have reportedly settled a patent infringement lawsuit over wearable technology, which had been filed in Delaware by Adidas in February 2014 against UA and its subsidiary MapMayFitness. The dispute concerned 10 patents for a “location-aware” wearable tracking device that allows its users to monitor data ...
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Trond E. Hansen is returning to the helm of Sportsbransjen,...
Trond E. Hansen is returning to the helm of Sportsbransjen, the Norwegian sporting goods industry association. He will replace the current CEO Bård Kristiansen, after he steps down at the end of August. Hansen held the same position until four years ago. He said that he is happy to return ...
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The so-called Salomon Prolink case will be taken up in...
The so-called Salomon Prolink case will be taken up in the Oslo District Court on June 13. Rottefella has sued Amer Sports for violation of marketing law and intellectual property in conjunction with the launch of Prolink. The cross-country segment was abuzz when Amer Sports launched its new binding system, ...
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Vanessa Garcia Brito, senior director of communications & partnerships at...
Vanessa Garcia Brito, senior director of communications & partnerships at Nike has been appoint as chairperson of the Physical Activity Committee of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry. She will be aided by three vice chairs: Kathleen Tullie, senior director of corporate social responsibility at Reebok International; Lars ...
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Skechers USA is sueing once again Eliya over the designs...
Skechers USA is sueing once again Eliya over the designs of its Bernie Mev Gummies shoes, claiming that they infringe on the design patents for the pillow-celled sole of its own Skech-Air shoes. The two companies had stipulated a settlement over their dispute last year, but Skechers is taking Eliya ...
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Alibaba is the first e-commerce company to become a member...
Alibaba is the first e-commerce company to become a member of the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), the non-profit organization devoted to combating product counterfeiting and piracy. The Chinese e-tailer has been working with the IACC since 2013 to identify and take down infringing listings on its Taobao and Tmall marketplaces, ...
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After four years in charge of the Norwegian sporting goods...
After four years in charge of the Norwegian sporting goods association, Sportsbransjen, its chief executive, Bård Kristiansen, will be leaving his post at the end of August. He came to Sportsbransjen in the summer of 2011 after working for Adecco and in the healthcare sector. He will now leave the ...
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Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has launched...
Eurosima, the European association of action sports manufacturers, has launched its first business sponsorship program since it began in 1999. The program addresses start-up companies in the action sports industry. For a year, young entrepreneurs will be given a chance to meet with volunteer chief executives from Eurosima member companies ...
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The Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA) has published...
The Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA) has published a position paper regarding geo-blocking and other geographically-based restrictions when shopping and accessing information in the E.U. The U.K. trade body acknowledges that there are substantial barriers to the digital single market due to diverging legislation and different VAT rates. ...
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Adidas has filed a suit in a Florida court against...
Adidas has filed a suit in a Florida court against 56 sellers of allegedly counterfeit Adidas, Reebok and Mitchell & Ness products on various websites in the U.S.
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A class action lawsuit, covering shareholders who acquired stock between...
A class action lawsuit, covering shareholders who acquired stock between Aug. 27, 2015 and March 7, 2016, has been filed against Performance Sports Group (PSG) after the company announced it would miss its most recent earnings forecast. PSG is accused of making false statements about the health of its business ...
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Nike has an exclusive sponsorship deal with the Kenyan athletics...
Nike has an exclusive sponsorship deal with the Kenyan athletics federation (Athletics Kenya) but according to a recent report in The New York Times, the company is now at the center of a corruption investigation in the country with regard to that contract. In 2011, the American giant agreed to ...
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The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has invalidated for the...
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has invalidated for the second time a design patent that Crocs has been using for its iconic clog, this time supporting a challenge made by U.S.A. Dawgs, a shoe company based in Las Vegas, which was importing similar strapped clogs from competitors. Often referred ...
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Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European...
Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European Court of Justice, which said that “Adidas may oppose the registration, as a community mark, of parallel stripes placed on the side of sports shoes.” The Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), which registers trademarks for the European ...
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Moncler obtained the transfer of 50 domain names that had...
Moncler obtained the transfer of 50 domain names that had been unfairly registered in its name by three Chinese residents after the Arbitration and Mediation Center at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva said that the domains were registered in bad faith and used to sell counterfeit, low-quality ...
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The text of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the...
The text of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Vietnam, published by the European Commission earlier this week, includes adjustments to rapidly eliminate duties on footwear. The FTA agreement finalized in December sets the general period for removal of the duties at seven years for EU ...
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Accell Group has discovered a case of alleged financial theft...
Accell Group has discovered a case of alleged financial theft committed by an employee working for one of its Asian organizations, Accell Asia Taiwan. Although the investigation into the circumstances of the theft is still ongoing, it seems clear that the employee did withdraw funds from the company's bank account. ...
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Representatives from the 12 countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
Representatives from the 12 countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) signed the agreement in Auckland, New Zealand earlier this week. The deal is meant to lead to the elimination of duties on all products made and traded within the region, including the U.S. and Canada, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia ...
