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Just before the Ispo show, Marker filed a complaint with a German...
Just before the Ispo show, Marker filed a complaint with a German court against Salomon and Tyrolia for alleged infringement of a utility patent granted last October and for unfair competition. However, an official connected with the case said that Marker was not planning to ask for a preliminary injunction to ban ...
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Leki Lenhart filed a patent infringement suit last Jan. 30...
Leki Lenhart filed a patent infringement suit last Jan. 30 in Buffalo, New York against Dick's Sporting Goods, the American sporting goods retailer's licensing arm and Synergy Sportz, which operates as Yukon Charlie. The federal lawsuit alleges that the defendants infringed on Leki's patent for an adjustable-length tube for trekking poles.
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) now...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) now has more than 200 members as 15 more companies have decided to join the industry's global association. Among them are two bike-related companies, Schwalbe and Mavic, from Germany and France, respectively. New are also Uhlsport, the German team sports company, and Campagnolo ...
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Nike patent filings with the European Patent Office in Munich...
Nike patent filings with the European Patent Office in Munich represented 77 percent of all the requests for registration filed by the main sports companies in the ten years between 2010 and 2020, according to a study reported in Die Welt. This compares with 15 percent of the filings for ...
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Criticism rained down on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) again...
Criticism rained down on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) again this week, after it decided to disband the supposedly independent commission (UCIIC) it set up in November to investigate the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. It turned out that the commission's three members were in fact intent on doing their job ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court has backed Nike in a trademark...
The U.S. Supreme Court has backed Nike in a trademark case involving a much smaller company, Already LLC, the maker of Yums sneakers. The litigation involved the trademark for Nike's Air Force 1 sneakers. In 2009, sued Already, saying that the company's Sugar and Soulja Boy shoes infringed on its ...
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A Portuguese brand of golf shoes, Lambda, has reportedly won...
A Portuguese brand of golf shoes, Lambda, has reportedly won a lawsuit against an unnamed German firm that had accused it of trademark infringement. Lambda & Omega, which belongs to the Solarte group, has been opposing this claim since October 2011, stating that it had registered the name under Class 25 back ...
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Perekryostok, the Russian supermarket chain, will have to pay a...
Perekryostok, the Russian supermarket chain, will have to pay a fine of only 70,000 rubles (€1,.800-$2,300) for infringing on Adidas' three-stripe trademark by selling shoes with a confusingly similar logo, based on a ruling issued by Russia's Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals, which upheld last October's judgment by a lower ...
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Adidas and Reebok have filed a federal lawsuit in the...
Adidas and Reebok have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. against 25 websites, allegedly operated by unnamed Chinese parties, which are said to be selling fake merchandise under their brand names. Outletsupplier.com, adidas2runningshoes.com, fans777.com and prosoccerusa.com are among those websites. Charging cybersquatting, fraudulent conduct, trademark counterfeiting and infringement, and ...
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Fila's line of toning resistance apparel is the subject of...
Fila's line of toning resistance apparel is the subject of a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court by Linda Karecki, a former track & field competitor who is now a professional model. She claims infringement of a U.S. patent issued to her in July 2011 for an “exercise kit and ...
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Bernard Liatti, who runs Vuarnet Sport, says his company is discussing various...
Bernard Liatti, who runs Vuarnet Sport, says his company is discussing various options for its future collaboration with Vuarnet International with regard to the Vuarnet line of activewear, for which it signed a licensing contract in July 2011. Pending an agreement, Sonoma, the Romanian factory that has been manufacturing the line for a ...
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Indonesia's Industry Ministry has asked that labor-intensive firms, including shoe...
Indonesia's Industry Ministry has asked that labor-intensive firms, including shoe and garment manufacturers, be exempted from adopting the new minimum wage that is due to come into force in 2013 in an attempt to boost the industries and in view of the country's expected industrial growth. According to the Jakarta ...
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The Adidas Group says it is fully cooperating with Vietnamese...
The Adidas Group says it is fully cooperating with Vietnamese tax authorities that are conducting a probe of the company's accounts. The tax authorities are looking into the accounts of the Adidas operations in Vietnam, as well as their relationship with entities such as Adidas Singapore, the group's regional hub ...
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The co-founder and chairman of Nike, Phil Knight, and his...
The co-founder and chairman of Nike, Phil Knight, and his wife, Penney, have donated $125 million to the Oregon Health Sciences University, with the amount designated to go toward advancing cardiovascular health. The university will create the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute with the help of the gift, which is believed ...
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Oakley is trying to stop the previously reported sponsorship deal...
Oakley is trying to stop the previously reported sponsorship deal between the golfer Rory McIlroy and Nike, suing them both for breach of contract. Oakley, a former sponsor of McIlroy, says that it tried to use its right of first refusal to match Nike's offer, but the golfer and his ...
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Schöffel has become a certified Authorized Economic Operator, a status...
Schöffel has become a certified Authorized Economic Operator, a status granted by local customs authorities in the European Union. In line with EU regulations, the AEO-C certificate allows the apparel company to enjoy facilitated procedures through customs. The company is hopeful that this sort of privileged treatment by customs authorities ...
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A district court in Oregon has dismissed a complaint from...
A district court in Oregon has dismissed a complaint from Gilmar, the Italian apparel company that markets its own Iceberg brand, that Icebreaker's brand name hurts the trademark rights of Gilmar in the U.S. The judge did not see any infringement of intellectual property rights. Reportedly, Jeremy Moon, the chief ...
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The A.S. Roma football team has decided to break up...
The A.S. Roma football team has decided to break up its sponsorship contract with Kappa, well before its scheduled expiration in June 2017, apparently in order to let in a new unnamed big-ticket sponsor. Observers see a relationship between this move and efforts by the new American shareholders of the Roman ...
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The European operations of Columbia Sportswear are recalling rechargeable battery...
The European operations of Columbia Sportswear are recalling rechargeable battery packs that have been delivered to retailers to heat some of the jackets in Columbia's OmniHeat line. While the jackets themselves are safe, it is possible that the batteries may lead to overheating the jackets, which could result in burn injuries ...
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Crocs has reported victories against counterfeiters in the courts of Shanghai and...
Crocs has reported victories against counterfeiters in the courts of Shanghai and Dongguan. Between March 13 and Sept. 27, 18 people were sentenced in the two courts to a combined total of more than 46 years in prison and fines of more than $450,000. Out of them, 17 people were declared guilty of counterfeiting, and two were ...
