All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 46
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A five-year legal dispute between Skechers USA and Cobra International...
A five-year legal dispute between Skechers USA and Cobra International has been resolved. Skechers is claiming victory in the action, in which Cobra said that Skechers infringed on its patent for sequential lighting with the circuit used in its lighted footwear. However, Cobra has agreed to dismiss the suit, and ...
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Bernard Arnault, the head of LVMH and the richest man...
Bernard Arnault, the head of LVMH and the richest man in France, has set up a foundation in Belgium that will help his heirs avoid large inheritance taxes in the case of his death. The foundation, called ProtectInvest, places his billions of euros of assets in a private structure that ...
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Peter Varedin, president of Ambiorix, is the new president of...
Peter Varedin, president of Ambiorix, is the new president of Febic, the Belgian Federation of Footwear Manufacturers, taking the place of Roeland Smets, who passed away last Feb. 7
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LVMH has filed a lawsuit against French rival Hermès, another...
LVMH has filed a lawsuit against French rival Hermès, another step in the ongoing legal battle between the two conglomerates, in response to Hermès taking legal action against LVMH earlier this summer. The original complaint from Hermès, filed with a Paris court on July 10, concerned “the circumstances through which ...
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Adical, the Spanish association of shoe components' manufacturers, has changed...
Adical, the Spanish association of shoe components' manufacturers, has changed its name to Asociación de Importadores y Exportadores de Calzado y Componentes, but the abbreviation will remain the same
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A U.S. judge has approved a $40 million settlement between...
A U.S. judge has approved a $40 million settlement between Skechers and consumers who filed more than 70 lawsuits against the company over its Shape-Ups toning shoes. The deal, which has yet to be finalized at a public hearing next March, follows a settlement three months ago with the U.S. ...
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Gabor is enforcing its intellectual property rights with regard to...
Gabor is enforcing its intellectual property rights with regard to its trade name and its designs against a number of companies, including an Italian producer and companies in France and Spain. It recently won a court case against a Korean company accused of misusing Gabor's trademark rights. That firm will ...
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Cotance, the organization that represents the tanning industry in its...
Cotance, the organization that represents the tanning industry in its relations with the European Commission, has elected Rino Mastrotto as its chairman for the 2012-14 period. Mastrotto, who is at the head of the eponymous group, is also the president of Unic, the powerful Italian tanning industry association. Thomas Bee, ...
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Preben Boas, the longtime executive director of the Danish sporting...
Preben Boas, the longtime executive director of the Danish sporting goods manufacturers association, SL, has formally taken over the management of DSF, the Danish association of shoe suppliers, as well. Some of the 37 members of DSF, such as Ecco, belong to both associations. Boas takes the place of Jette ...
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Italian authorities are seeking a nine-year prison sentence for Walter...
Italian authorities are seeking a nine-year prison sentence for Walter Burani and his son Giovanni, in connection with the collapse in 2010 of Burani Designer Holding, Mariella Burani Family Holding and Mariella Burani Fashion Group. At the end of his closing speech on July 16, Milan's deputy prosecutor, Luigi Orsi, ...
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The governments of Argentina and Brazil have reached an agreement...
The governments of Argentina and Brazil have reached an agreement to unblock more than 680,000 pairs of shoes that were stuck at customs and could not reach Argentina because of a trade dispute that have led to a big loss of revenues for Brazilian manufacturers. This still leaves around 650,299 ...
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In the midst of Spain's economic crisis, employers' groups and...
In the midst of Spain's economic crisis, employers' groups and trade unions representing workers in the footwear industry there have reached a deal on pay for 2012, 2013 and 2014. The increases are small – 0.5 percent this year and 0.6 percent in 2013 and 2014 – but they come ...
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Alberto Bichi, secretary general of Fesi, the European Sporting Goods...
Alberto Bichi, secretary general of Fesi, the European Sporting Goods Industry Federation, will also act as EU public affairs director of HDS, the German shoe and leathergoods industry federation, starting on July 1. Bichi will assist HDS in such areas as international trade, product safety, intellectual property rights, environmental protection ...
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Local authorities have dropped a legal case against Wortmann, opened...
Local authorities have dropped a legal case against Wortmann, opened in September 2010, under which the big German company had been suspected of circumventing the former anti-dumping duties of the European Union against leather shoes imported from China and Vietnam. The authorities found little evidence to justify such a suspicion ...
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After losing a round in its legal battle against Yves...
After losing a round in its legal battle against Yves Saint Laurent in the U.S., Christian Louboutin has reportedly lost a similar fight against Zara. A French court has apparently ruled that the red-soled shoes marketed by Zara did not violate Louboutin's intellectual property rights. It has levied a fine ...
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Converse is sueing Cora in Belgium, requesting damages of €374,000....
Converse is sueing Cora in Belgium, requesting damages of €374,000. The supermarket chain has been accused of advertising the sale of Converse shoes at low prices, although the shoes were imitations of the authentic models.
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Gucci has won a three-year legal battle against Guess and...
Gucci has won a three-year legal battle against Guess and its footwear licensee, Marc Fisher, in a U.S. court. The judge in the case went along with Gucci's accusations of trademark and copyright infringement, barring Guess from using Gicci's Quattro G pattern, its green-red-green stripe and other square G marks. ...
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The 75 members of the Comité Colbert, which groups French...
The 75 members of the Comité Colbert, which groups French luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Chanel, have launched a wide-ranging campaign to fight counterfeiting throughout Europe, where the black market has thrived thanks to the internet. With the help of customs agents at 18 airports throughout France, ...
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A new Chinese office and laboratory of Satra in Dongguan...
A new Chinese office and laboratory of Satra in Dongguan was officially opened on May 14
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A group of local institutions in the British county of...
A group of local institutions in the British county of Northamptonshire are planning to establish an International Footwear Foundation for designers, researchers and students. The county, which has a 900-year history of shoemaking, is already home to the BLC Leather Technology Center and to Satra, the international certification body. The ...
