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Afydad joins ModaEspaña
The Spanish Association of Sporting Goods Manufacturers and Distributors, Afydad, has joined the Spanish Fashion Confederation, Confederación ModaEspaña. Founded in 2013, ModaEspaña includes in its ranks other Spanish trade associations such as Fedecon, AEGP, Asefma, Acme, Acotex, SFA, Regalo Fama, AEDM, Asirtex, APBE, AMSE and Asepri. The move reflects the ...
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New legal tussle between Adidas’ Primeknit and Nike’s FlyKnit
In the latest legal challenge over its labor-saving, knitted-upper Flyknit technology, Nike has filed a patent infringement suit in Oregon’s federal court against Adidas and asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to block imports of its latest Primeknit styles. The list of the products includes various lifestyle, football, running and ...
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News briefsBiden will boycott Beijing Olympics, citing human rights violations
The U.S. government has just announced a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Beijing edition of the Winter Olympic Games. This means that President Joe Biden and his administration will stay away from Beijing and China during the Games, although U.S. athletes will be allowed to compete. “The Biden administration will ...
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Sequential settles with the SEC
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a settlement with the bankrupt Sequential Brands Group, ending a pending civil suit against the American licensing company. Based on its reported assets and liabilities in the bankruptcy case, Sequential will have to pay no penalties. The SEC had accused Sequential ...
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Patagonia and Nike are charged in a Dutch court with fostering forced labor in China
We hear that the European Center for Constitutional Rights (ECCHR), with the support of human rights legal office of Prakken d’Oliveira, has filed criminal complaints against several Dutch and U.S. textile and fashion brands that have their European headquarters in the Netherlands. They argue that Patagonia, Nike, C&A and State ...
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Peloton sues Lululemon
Peloton Interactive filed a lawsuit in a Manhattan federal court on Nov. 24 against Lululemon Athletica, a former partner with which it subsequently parted amicably. It appears that the American supplier of connected fitness equipment is seeking to head off a likely legal challenge from the Canadian-based sports apparel company, ...
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Nike settles with Skechers
Nike and Skechers have reached a settlement at undisclosed conditions of their long-standing legal battle, putting an end to three intellectual property lawsuits after the mediation of a judge for the Central District of California. The dispute started in January 2016, when Nike accused Skechers of using design elements of ...
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Sentryc helps Oeko-Tex to track thousands of piracy cases over the internet
In a move intended to protect its trademark from infringements on the eve of Black Friday and the Christmas shopping season, Oeko-Tex has revealed a partnership with a Berlin-based software firm, Sentryc, whose AI-based cloud solution scans more than 120 international online marketplaces and all the social media for product ...
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Peloton sues iFIT and Echelon Fitness again
Peloton Interactive is suing iFIT and Echelon Fitness in a federal Delaware court, accusing them of infringing on its four patents for on-demand exercise classes and other features, including two patents inherited through its acquisition of Precor. Peloton sued Echelon in 2019 for patent infringement and for copying its business ...
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JD criticizes video of a July 5 meeting over Footasylum’s contested takeover
Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD Sports Fashion, was reported by The Sunday Times as being under investigation by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) over a possible breach of its rules on sharing sensitive information relating to JD’s contested takeover of the smaller Footasylum chain in the U.K. The ...
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Swiss ski camps enjoy record bookings
Schools and their class camps in particular are currently boosting occupancy at Swiss ski resorts, according to the Swiss sports association, Sportbiz. According to its report, by the end of October, a record of 287 class camps had already been booked through the Swiss snowsports initiative Go Snow - or ...
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Charlotte Cox and Stefan Rosenkranz join FESI’s board
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) elected two new members to its board of directors at its annual general assembly, which was held online. The two new members, Charlotte Cox and Stefan Rosenkranz, will serve for a term of at least one year on FESI’s board, which ...
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Dorel will pay more taxes in Luxembourg
Confirming the verdict of a lower court, the Luxembourg Administrative Court has ruled that a local subsidiary of Dorel Industries owes €54.6 million including tax to the local government. As a result, the owner of Cannondale, Schwinn and other brands, whose bike division is being purchased by Pon Holdings, will ...
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Kelme’s Spanish distributor is fighting for life
According to Diffusion Sport, New Millennium Sports has asked the third commercial court of Alicante, in the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia, to allow it to enter into bankruptcy protection proceedings. The former owner of the Kelme brand, which has a contract for its dstribution in Spain, seeks to avoid ...
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The IOC boosts its environmental policy
Ahead of the COP 26 conference on climate change due to start in Glasgow on Nov. 1, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) pledged to halve its “direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions” by 2030. Its previous pledge was to cut them by 45 percent by the same deadline, in keeping ...
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WHO issues guidance for gov’t physical activity systems
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a statement on state-encouraged exercise under the title “Fair Play: Building a strong physical activity system for more active people.” The pandemic, it reads, has “exposed vulnerabilities and inequities in opportunities for communities and people to be active,” and therefore physically and mentally ...
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Adidas loses appeal about H&M’s two stripes
Ending a trademark dispute that began in 1997, the Dutch Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Adidas against a lower court’s ruling that a two-stripe logo used by Hennes & Mauritz did not infringe on its iconic Three Stripes. A key factor in H&M’s success was a market research ...
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The International Ski Federation will not change its name
The national federations that belong to the International Ski Federations (FIS) failed to approve proposals to change the organization’s name to “International Ski and Snowboard Federation” or “International Snowsports Federation.” The vote was taken online at an extraordinary congress held under the leadership of the FIS’ new president, Johan Eliasch. ...
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French court clears Bernard Tapie
In view of his death on Sunday Oct. 3, the Paris Court of Appeals has decided to “extinguish” all pursuits against Bernard Tapie in the case that pitted him against a French bank, Crédit Lyonnais, that helped him to finance Adidas’ takeover. The issue revolved around a sum of €403,000 ...
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Sri Lanka defies supply chain problems
In contrast with some other sourcing countries, Sri Lanka seems to be poised to meet its targets for apparel exports, thanks to a successful anti-Covid vaccination campaign. An executive committee member of Sri Lanka’s Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) told just-style that the country’s garment exports went up to $2.75 ...
