All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 36
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Candice Cooper has lost a counterfeiting suit against Geox and...
Candice Cooper has lost a counterfeiting suit against Geox and Lüke, a German online shop that has been selling its shoes. At issue was a model of Geox sneakers called New Moena, which allegedly infringed on Candice Cooper's Rock and Rock Plus styles. A court in Düsseldorf has denied Candice ...
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Fiamp, the umbrella organization of Italian producers of fashion accessories,...
Fiamp, the umbrella organization of Italian producers of fashion accessories, has announced changes at the top of the organization. Cirillo Marcolin, president of Anfao, is the new chairman for 2015/17. He takes over from Cleto Sagripanti,. the former president of Assocalzaturifici who is now president of CEC, the Confederation of ...
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Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, is re-launching its website...
Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, is re-launching its website as a sophisticated B2B portal where its 130 member companies can present their collections, with information on pricing and minimum quantities, and offer them to registered buyers from all over the world. That goes also for surplus lots. Buyers can ...
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A court in Koblenz has rejected a complaint by 33...
A court in Koblenz has rejected a complaint by 33 Birkenstock's employees that men have been better treated at the company than women. The court argued that they have been performing different tasks.
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Carrefour has been given a definitive fine of €342,000 by...
Carrefour has been given a definitive fine of €342,000 by a Paris court for infringement of Humeau Beaupreau's intellectual property rights relating to its Méduse shoe, a beach sandal in molded PVC that has been on the market since 1946. The fine is said to be the highest assigned for ...
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A new executive director, José Monzonis Salvia, took office this...
A new executive director, José Monzonis Salvia, took office this month at Fice, the Spanish shoe industry federation. This industrial engineer served for the past three years as vice minister of the economy, industry and energy in the state government of Valencia, an important shoemaking region of Spain. He previously ...
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The case against Christian Louboutin's European trademark brought by Roland...
The case against Christian Louboutin's European trademark brought by Roland has been dismissed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Roland, a manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical instruments, had originally opposed Louboutin's trademark on the basis of the red in its own trademark. The Office for ...
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Skechers has has filed a lawsuit against Steven Madden for...
Skechers has has filed a lawsuit against Steven Madden for copyright infringement. The shoe style in question is Steven by Steve Madden's Setta shoe, which allegedly infringes on the Skechers Go Walk and other Skechers product lines. In the law suit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for ...
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A court in Cologne ruled on July 17 in favor...
A court in Cologne ruled on July 17 in favor of Candice Cooper in its lawsuit against Paul Green, says Schuhkurier. At issue was the registration by Candice Cooper of a heart-inspired logo. Paul Green has not used its logo since March 2014.
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The executive committee of Fice, the Spanish sporting goods industry...
The executive committee of Fice, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is expected to approve shortly the nomination of a new executive director, following the death last October of its former executive president, Rafael Calvo, and the retirement in December of Javier Garcia-Lillo as secretary general, after 36 years. José ...
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Two new project managers have been appointed for Brazilian Footwear,...
Two new project managers have been appointed for Brazilian Footwear, the export promotion program conducted by the Brazilian shoe industry association, Abicalçados, in partnership with the Apex-Brasil state agency. Cristian Schlindwein, will coordinate the Development Unit, while Roberta Ramos will steer the Image Promotion Unit. Cristiano Korbes will continue to ...
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Argentina's Minister of Industry, Débora Giorgi, has announced that the...
Argentina's Minister of Industry, Débora Giorgi, has announced that the government will soon launch a price observatory for leather, footwear and fine leather products. During a recent meeting with entrepreneurs and actors of the sector, Ms Giorgi explained that the performance of the industry will be observed and analysed, while ...
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The Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) has...
The Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) has established a Basic CAD-CAM Training on Shoe Masters facility, with the help of Torielli, at the COEL Centre in Gazipur. The 7-day program is part of the association's Bangladesh Inspired Lot 2 Project. The association estimates that the country's exports ...
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After three years of negotiations, the People's Republic of China...
After three years of negotiations, the People's Republic of China and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) intended to remove most import tariffs on each other's products within the next 20 years, subject to parliamentary approval. China is the biggest trading partner for Korea and vice versa. ...
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After approval by the U.S. House of Representatives and the...
After approval by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, President Barack Obama has finally been able to sign Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation giving him “fast-track” power to negotiate the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The deal would lower imported duties for products sourced from Vietnam and 10 other ...
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Tamara Mellon has accused Jimmy Choo, which she co-founded in...
Tamara Mellon has accused Jimmy Choo, which she co-founded in 1996, of trying to hinder the growth of her new eponymous fashion brand. According to Mellon, who worked for Jimmy Choo until 2011, her former company has allegedly asked two Florence-based leather suppliers to refuse to work with Tamara Mellon ...
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As expected, Cleto Sagripanti was elected yesterday as the new...
As expected, Cleto Sagripanti was elected yesterday as the new president of the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC). The vote in favor of the 44-year-old Italian entrepreneur was unanimous. Sagripanti is the former chief executive of Manas who has headed up Assocalzaturifici, the power Italian shoe industry association, ...
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The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has appointed...
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has appointed Rick Muskat, principal of Deer Stags Concepts, as its new chairman, effective June 1. He takes over from Greg Tunney, president and chief executive of RG Barry, who will serve as an ex-officio member of the association's executive committee. Prior ...
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An estimated 72 workers died in a fire at a...
An estimated 72 workers died in a fire at a footwear factory in the Valenzuela district of Manila on May 14. Owned by a local company, Kentex Manufacturing Corporation, the plant was making cheap sandals, beach shoes and slippers for the local market in the Philippines. Government officials attributed the ...
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Ralph Rieker, the 55-year-old president of Ricosta, will act as...
Ralph Rieker, the 55-year-old president of Ricosta, will act as president of the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, HDS/L, for a further two years. He has been in this position since 2007. The is no change in the board of directors except for the entry of a new representative ...
