All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 48
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A federal court in Illinois has ordered a permanent injunction...
A federal court in Illinois has ordered a permanent injunction against 3,007 Chinese-based websites that were selling counterfeit Ugg Australia products. It also awarded Deckers Outdoor Corporation, owner of Uggs and the plaintiff in the lawsuit, $686 million in damages. The judge, acknowledging that it was unlikely that Deckers would ...
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The Mexican government is said to have reached a new...
The Mexican government is said to have reached a new agreement with the Chinese government about shoe imports from China, which had been subject to heavy duties for a long time until last December. The new deal, which runs from last May 1 to the end of December 2014, reportedly ...
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Twenty-seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a...
Twenty-seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter to the country's trade representative, Ron Kirk, asking him to ensure that the footwear industry was treated fairly in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP creates a new free-trade zone and is lauded as an opportunity for the U.S. to ...
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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has infected 93,734 head of cattle in...
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has infected 93,734 head of cattle in Egypt, according to the country's central quarantine service. Just over 9,000 of them have died. The Nile Delta region has been hardest hit by the outbreak. The Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that FMD in Egypt could put the ...
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Manolo Blahnik, the iconic footwear designer, said that he didn't...
Manolo Blahnik, the iconic footwear designer, said that he didn't consider his job to be work because it is so much fun. He admitted to the Telegraph, the newspaper in the U.K., that he is working more slowly these days, but he has no plans to retire. He said he ...
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The mayor of Chengdu, in Sichuan province in southwestern China,...
The mayor of Chengdu, in Sichuan province in southwestern China, has told all the tanneries there that they must close down and leave the city by 2015. The China Leather Industry Association reports that the mayor, Ge Honglin, wants the city to grow thanks to industries that don't pollute. Other ...
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A momentous jury-free trial has started in a U.S. court...
A momentous jury-free trial has started in a U.S. court in New York between Gucci and Guess, the American sportswear company. Footwear News, which is covering the proceedings, reports that Guess' footwear licensee, Mark Fisher, has been challenged to explain the similarity between Guess' Melrose sneaker and one of Gucci's ...
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Le Monde, the French newspaper, recently reported that thousands of...
Le Monde, the French newspaper, recently reported that thousands of children in the Italian region of Campania have been working to help support their families during the recent economic turmoil. The paper reported that 54,000 children left school between 2005 and 2009, and that they have been working up to ...
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Gruppo Mastrotto, the big Italian tanning group, has agreed to...
Gruppo Mastrotto, the big Italian tanning group, has agreed to pay €27 million in outstanding taxes to financial authorities after being accused of paying employees off the books
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Gucci America and Guess are in U.S. federal court this...
Gucci America and Guess are in U.S. federal court this month, with Gucci alleging that Guess infringed on its trademark designs, including its red and green stripes, its interlocking G's, its stylized G mark and the Gucci script design mark. Gucci says that Guess deliberately imitated these symbols in an ...
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Ceddec, the European federation of national shoe retailers' associations, has...
Ceddec, the European federation of national shoe retailers' associations, has voted to join Eurocommerce as its lobbying organization with the European institutions. The decision follows the recent death of Roeland Smets, who acted as the chief lobbyist in Brussels for both Ceddec and CEC, the European shoe industry federation. In ...
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While Mexico considers reinstating duties on Chinese footwear imports, which...
While Mexico considers reinstating duties on Chinese footwear imports, which were discontinued in December, figures are in showing the impact of the tariffs. In January 2011, when the duties were in place, Mexico imported 490,000 pairs of shoes from China. In January 2012, after the duties were lifted, it imported ...
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Todd Rokita, a Republican representative at the U.S. Congress from...
Todd Rokita, a Republican representative at the U.S. Congress from Indiana, has signed on as the 50th co-sponsor of the Affordable Footwear Act making its way through the U.S. House of Representatives. The act would eliminate $800 million in import duties on some types of footwear, mostly work and children's ...
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A German court has ruled in favor of K-Swiss in...
A German court has ruled in favor of K-Swiss in its seven-year legal battle with Künzli over the five-stripe design on their shoes. Künzli has been using the design for more than 50 years and shared it with K-Swiss when it helped set up the new company in 1966. However, ...
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Slem, which stands for “shoes leather education museum,” is opening...
Slem, which stands for “shoes leather education museum,” is opening up in Waalwijk, Netherlands. The nonprofit initiative, which has been spearheaded by the Dutch design studio of Nicoline van Enter, will offer specialized workshops, courses and seminars for footwear students and professionals to help them develop new skills in footwear ...
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Alain Duménil, a French real estate investor who bought Francesco...
Alain Duménil, a French real estate investor who bought Francesco Smalto, Jean-Louis Scherrer and several other fashion brands, has received a suspended sentence of one year in prison and a fine of €75,000 in relation to the bankruptcy and liquidation of Stephane Kélian in 2005, which led to the dismissal ...
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Twenty-three people were arrested on the first day of a...
Twenty-three people were arrested on the first day of a new initiative by authorities in Guangdong province, China, to eliminate the manufacture and sale of counterfeit luxury items. Officers closed off 31 production facilities or sales outlets as well. Nine provincial government departments and 700 police officers are taking part ...
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The Spanish Supreme Court has put an end to a...
The Spanish Supreme Court has put an end to a long judicial fight started by Geox in 2004 and Fluchos, the Spanish brand of comfort shoes, whose soles feature a patented three-layer Oxygen Climatic Control system designed to aerate the foot while keeping moisture away. As reported in the last ...
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Representatives from the footwear industries of India and Sri Lanka...
Representatives from the footwear industries of India and Sri Lanka signed a memorandum of understanding at the 4th International Footwear and Leather Fair held in Colombo on Feb. 10-12. The two will share news of developments in their respective countries, encourage strategic alliances and look into developing business ties. India ...
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The regional government of Valencia, Spain, is going to help...
The regional government of Valencia, Spain, is going to help out-of-work footwear industry employees find new jobs in the area with a support package backed by the European Commission worth €2.5 million. Three hundred fifty workers will get support to find new jobs at footwear companies, with the funding coming ...
