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The European Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market, OHIM,...
The European Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market, OHIM, refused a request made by Lidl, the German discount stores company, for the annulment of a registered Crocs trademark. The authority rejected the argument, made by Lidl, that the Crocs shoe models only feature a variation of a design that ...
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Acting as a Community Court for the whole European Union,...
Acting as a Community Court for the whole European Union, the Paris court of appeals has acknowledged the distinctiveness of Havaianas' graphic trademark and confirmed its validity, concluding that it is readily identifiable. Alpargatas Europe feels that the verdict settles the company's claims against four - five defendants in the ...
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Almost 6,500 pairs of counterfeit Nike and Converse sports shoes...
Almost 6,500 pairs of counterfeit Nike and Converse sports shoes were seized at the Puces de Saint-Ouen flea market, in the north of Paris, at the beginning of October. In addition to the 6,270 pairs of fake Nike and 150 pairs of fake Converse the police, accompanied by two employees ...
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Skechers has announced the preliminary approval of the court of...
Skechers has announced the preliminary approval of the court of its settlement of a lawsuit launched by some shareholders over the consequences of its allegedly false advertising of its Shape-Up range of toning shoes. The complaining parties have requested payment of up to $350,000 for attorneys' fees and other expenses. ...
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U.S. President Barack Obama has expressed his intention to appoint...
U.S. President Barack Obama has expressed his intention to appoint Matthew Rubel to an additional term as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Rubel, president and chief executive of Collective Brands from 2005 to 2011, has served as chairman, president and chief executive for various ...
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Assomac, the Italian industry association for footwear manufacturing machinery, welcomed...
Assomac, the Italian industry association for footwear manufacturing machinery, welcomed a delegation from Ethiopia at its head office in Vigevano and the local industrial cluster on Oct. 9 as part of a tour organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Unido). The delegation, which comprised 15 government officials, visited ...
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Prada has confirmed media reports that its joint chief executives,...
Prada has confirmed media reports that its joint chief executives, Patrizio Bertelli and Miuccia Prada, are being further investigated by Italian authorities for alleged tax evasion, but added that it was not concerned by the probe. The couple are husband and wife and key shareholders in the public company, which ...
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Zumba Fitness, a fitness company in Florida, has filed...
Zumba Fitness, a fitness company in Florida, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Steve Madden over its launch of a line of shoes called Madden Girl Zumba Wedge Booties
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There were no results from a first round of negotiations...
There were no results from a first round of negotiations over wage increases between the unions representing German shoe workers and their employers, represented by HDSL. The unions have requested an increase of 6 percent.
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The nearly 13,500 employees of the German shoe industry are...
The nearly 13,500 employees of the German shoe industry are requesting a 6 percent increase in wages, starting Oct. 1, after previously obtained increases of 2.2 percent in January 2013 and 1.4 percent in March. Represented by their trade association, HDS/L, their employers find their requests much too high. The ...
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Mexico intends to impose duties of 25 to 30 percent...
Mexico intends to impose duties of 25 to 30 percent on shoes imported from China and other countries with which it doesn't have a free trade agreement. The country is also reducing the number of entry points for the importation of shoes and the inspection of the cargoes, in order ...
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Skechers has filed a suit against a shoe retail chain...
Skechers has filed a suit against a shoe retail chain based in San Francisco, DB Shoe Company, for allegd infringement of seven design patents utilized in its GOwalk line
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The much-awaited free trade agreement between the European Union and...
The much-awaited free trade agreement between the European Union and Vietnam could be signed as early as next month, said José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, during a recent visit to Vietnam. In the past year, Vietnam's total footwear exports rose by 15 percent to nearly $8 billion. ...
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Antonio Brown, a young American designer of luxury sneakers, has...
Antonio Brown, a young American designer of luxury sneakers, has filed suit against LVMH in New York for alleged trademark infringement of its LVL XIII shoes. He claims that Vuitton has been marketing shoes that are confusingly similar to his models by placing metal nameplates across the toe boxes of ...
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LVMH and Google have announced the end of a series...
LVMH and Google have announced the end of a series of lawsuits that began in 2003, when Louis Vuitton first challenged the American company's practice of selling brand names as search words to advertisers. It argued that this system was promoting the sale of counterfeit products over the internet. The ...
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Crocs has been sued by U.S.A. Dawgs, a family-owned company...
Crocs has been sued by U.S.A. Dawgs, a family-owned company in Las Vegas that has been making clogs with EVA soles since 2006. Requesting a jury trial on the issue, the anti-trust complaint alleges that Crocs has been misleading consumers for more than a decade into believing that its “Croslite” ...
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Guccio Gucci, the great-grandson of the Gucci founder of the...
Guccio Gucci, the great-grandson of the Gucci founder of the same name, has been arrested for alleged fraud worth €800,000. The entrepreneur's company Esperienza, which created the “To be G” handbag range, filed for bankruptcy in December 2013. Mr. Gucci is accused of removing €800,000 in cash and assets from ...
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The Wenzhou Shoes Industry Association signed a collaboration agreement with...
The Wenzhou Shoes Industry Association signed a collaboration agreement with Messe Düsseldorf during the recent edition of Tagit!, the new sourcing fair organized at the same time as the GDS. The association brought a delegation of 80 firms to the show, representing the second-largest group from China after that of ...
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The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and TÜV...
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and TÜV Süd, the German-based firm specialized in safety testing, have released the Global Footwear Product Safety Guide. The manual, which is claimed to be the first of its kind, covers chemical and physical testing requirements and suggests certain protocols for the ...
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Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and...
Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, to its global headquarters in London on July 25. The visit by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat party leaders was part of an exercise to see examples of flourishing British businesses. Pentland is a third-generation ...
