All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 42
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Louboutin has won a court case against “Women against Islamisation,”...
Louboutin has won a court case against “Women against Islamisation,” a Belgian anti-Islam campaign group. Activists must remove all posters featuring the stilettos of the luxury footwear designer after a court in Antwerp ruled in the company's favor on Oct. 14. The poster showed the legs of Anke Van Dermeersch, ...
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Louis Vuitton, which tends to sell all of its products...
Louis Vuitton, which tends to sell all of its products through its own stores, has signed an interesting agreement with Taobao, the largest transactional website in China, where consumers buy twice as many goods online as their counterparts in Europe. They have established a set of guidelines to prevent the ...
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The Portuguese shoe and leathergoods industry association, Apiccaps, has re-elected...
The Portuguese shoe and leathergoods industry association, Apiccaps, has re-elected Fortunato Federico as its president for another three years. He has been the president of Apiccaps since 1998. Federico said he wants to make the industry “a reference point internationally.” The entrepreneur is who is the founder of Fly London. ...
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A bankruptcy trustee has defined the structure of the sale...
A bankruptcy trustee has defined the structure of the sale and the starting price for the auction of some of Lones' the assets of Lones, the Italian company that makes Fly Flot shoes at a factory in the province of Brescia. A single lot will go for sale at a ...
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A federal judge has dismissed a claim lodged by Totes...
A federal judge has dismissed a claim lodged by Totes Isotoner against R.G. Barry Corp., alleging that it had copied four of its slipper models
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The European Commission is reportedly reimbursing some of the importers...
The European Commission is reportedly reimbursing some of the importers of leather shoes from China and Vietnam who were affected by the previous anti-dumping duties, following a decision by the European Court of Justice on Feb. 2, 2012 in favor of four Chinese shoe manufacturers who had filed a suit ...
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Deckers Outdoor has won a judicial dispute with Intermedium Shoes...
Deckers Outdoor has won a judicial dispute with Intermedium Shoes in the district court of The Hague with regard to the design of Ugg Australia's Bailey Button boot. The Dutch trading company had initiated the legal action after the American company attacked a German retailer for selling allegedly fake boots. ...
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Skechers has lost a court case started in April 2013...
Skechers has lost a court case started in April 2013 against Cortina in Düsseldorf. The U.S. company alleged that some models of the Belgian-based trading company were infringing on one of its registered designs and its trade model in the Twinkle Toe range. On July 5, the Regional Court of ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the public policy...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the public policy and political voice of the apparel and footwear industry in the U.S., has just released the thirteenth edition of the AAFA Restricted Substances List (RSL), in conjunction with the International Product Safety & Restricted Substances Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on ...
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Airwair lodged a copyright infringement lawsuit against Chinese Laundry in...
Airwair lodged a copyright infringement lawsuit against Chinese Laundry in California on Sept. 18. It alleges infringement of certain designs registered for Dr. Martens shoes in the country.
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The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, continues to lobby for...
The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, continues to lobby for the inclusion of strict origin labelling guidelines in the European Union's legislative package on product safety and market surveillance, and proposes to extend them to cover sales over the internet. Arturo Venanzi, vice president of Assocalzaturifici, told delegates at a ...
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Cleto Sagripanti, president of the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici...
Cleto Sagripanti, president of the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici (formerly Anci), has become the president of Fiamp, an Italian industry federation that groups various associations dealing with shoes, handbags, eyewear, jewelry, furs and other personal fashion accessories. Fabio Aromatici, managing director of Assocalzaturifici, will act as secretary general of ...
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Skechers has announced that its public accounting firm, BDO USA,...
Skechers has announced that its public accounting firm, BDO USA, has completed a re-audit of the company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended Dec. 31, 2012 and 2011, and that no adjustments or changes have been made to those statements or related notes, except for updates with respect ...
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OutDry Technology has filed a patent infringement suit against Geox...
OutDry Technology has filed a patent infringement suit against Geox in the U.S., requesting a temporary injunction against its line of Amphibiox shoes and monetary compensation for damages suffered by OutDry, which is a subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear since three years ago. The lawsuit, which is being reviewed by the ...
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Manufacturers in the Spanish town of Elda, near Alicante, have...
Manufacturers in the Spanish town of Elda, near Alicante, have registered a 20 percent growth in orders from high-end fashion brands in the last four years, according to the Spanish Footwear Industry Federation (FICE). Prada, Gucci, Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin have been ordering more shoes from Elda. The town ...
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Footwear Distributors of America (FDRA), the powerful American trade association,...
Footwear Distributors of America (FDRA), the powerful American trade association, has agreed to represent the National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA) in Washington, allowing the U.S. footwear industry to speak with a single voice. The NSRA federates more than 8,000 independent shoe retailers with annual sales of $7.2 billion.
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LVMH has announced that it will not appeal the fine...
LVMH has announced that it will not appeal the fine imposed by market regulators over the stake it built in its rival Hermès International. The French Financial Markets Authority (AFM) fined LVMH €8 million, on June 25, saying the company had breached disclosure requirements while quietly building its stake in ...
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Gilberto Ballin, who runs the family business Moda di Fausto...
Gilberto Ballin, who runs the family business Moda di Fausto in the Venice region, is the new president of the Young Entrepreneurs group of Assocalzaturifici (former Anci), taking the place of Enrico Paniccia. Ballin joined the company in 1998 after working at major footwear companies abroad, including Ecco in Denmark. ...
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Vietnam saw footwear exports grow by 11.4 percent in the...
Vietnam saw footwear exports grow by 11.4 percent in the first five months of this year as compared to the same period in 2012. In the month of May alone, exports totaled $750 million, driven by increasing orders from new importers. In the first four months of 2013, the industry ...
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A group of 47 members of the U.S. Congress, including...
A group of 47 members of the U.S. Congress, including 15 senators sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, asking for passage of a free trade agreement that would end tariffs on shoe imports in 11 countries and liberalize trade in other areas. They argued that the tariff ...
