All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 53
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Crocs is suing the retailer Walgreens, saying that Walgreens is...
Crocs is suing the retailer Walgreens, saying that Walgreens is copying its footwear designs. Walgreens has a collection called Caribbean Cartel, which Crocs says are obvious copies of its trademarks such as the Crocband design.
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Yue Yuen Industrial has halted production at its large facility...
Yue Yuen Industrial has halted production at its large facility in Guandong Providence because of a strike by its workers. According to China Labor Watch, more than 7,000 workers walked out of their jobs at the Yucheng shoe factory in the Yue Yuen Industrial Park of Hungjiang, near Dongguan, leading ...
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J. Sampaio & Irmão, the Portuguese manufacturer of the trendy...
J. Sampaio & Irmão, the Portuguese manufacturer of the trendy Eject line of shoes, has won a counterfeiting lawsuit against its former German importer, Riekkers, but the damages assessed in the German court's verdict will hardly cover its legal expenses, according to a report from Portugal. Confirming that Riekkers had ...
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Indicam, an Italian institute fighting against counterfeiting that is part...
Indicam, an Italian institute fighting against counterfeiting that is part of the Centromarca, an association of brand owners, has asked the European Union to open an infringement procedure against the Italian government for its introduction in 2009 of origin-labeling rules for Italian products. The law stated that products bearing the ...
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The Brazilian government has reportedly launched a formal investigation into...
The Brazilian government has reportedly launched a formal investigation into claims that Chinese shoe exporters are circumventing the anti-dumping duty of $13.85 a pair imposed on their products last year. The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and External Trade said there were substantiated suspicions that Chinese companies have been shipping ...
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Gucci has immediately responded to charges that it ran a...
Gucci has immediately responded to charges that it ran a “sweatshop” at one of its 42 Chinese stores, located in Shenzhen. Five former employees of the store had published an open letter alleging that they had been forced to work overtime until 3 AM to run inventory checks without adequate ...
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A group of young models is suing Skechers USA, accusing...
A group of young models is suing Skechers USA, accusing it using their images without proper payment. The complaint, filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles, say that Skechers paid a small fee for limited use of the models' images, but then built a global branding campaign around the photos, ...
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Brazil has come up with a plan intended to help...
Brazil has come up with a plan intended to help local manufacturers and cut down on cheap Asian imports. The “Bigger Brazil” plan includes tax cuts and exemptions, financing, and trade incentives for players in industries including textiles, clothing and footwear. Many of these companies have been hurt by international ...
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Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a...
Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a Massachusetts retailer selling Waldies clogs are going to be forbidden from selling foam shoes like those of Crocs in the U.S. if President Obama endorses a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Crocs has thus won a ...
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Christian Louboutin's request for an injunction forbidding the sale of...
Christian Louboutin's request for an injunction forbidding the sale of one of Yves Saint Laurent's shoes has been denied by a federal U.S. judge in Manahattan. Acting on the basis of a trademark registration obtained in the U.S. in 2008, the designer filed a lawsuit against YSL last April, claiming ...
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The Italian Financial Police have reportedly accused the Mastrotto Group...
The Italian Financial Police have reportedly accused the Mastrotto Group of setting up a system to avoid paying sales taxes on millions of euros. With the complicity of local shoe merchants, the Mastrotto Group allegedly had €106 million in undeclared revenues. It also is charged with paying part of the ...
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Skechers has filed a patent infringement suit against Steve Madden...
Skechers has filed a patent infringement suit against Steve Madden and its Stevies subsidiary in Los Angeles' federal court. The complaint concerns Skechers' patent on the toe cap design of its Twinkle Toes style.
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The battle over “ugg” is over. The dueling lawsuits between...
The battle over “ugg” is over. The dueling lawsuits between Deckers Outdoor and Emu Australia have been settled under confidential terms, and all actions will be dismissed. Last December, Deckers sued Emu, saying that the Australian company was infringing on its trademark by using the Ugg name. Emu countersued, arguing ...
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The National Health Service of the U.K. has forbidden hospital...
The National Health Service of the U.K. has forbidden hospital workers from wearing Crocs or similar rubber clogs while working, having found numerous instances of sharp objects penetrating their soles. The Telegraph reported that the U.K. is just the latest of many countries, including the U.S., Canada, Sweden and Austria, ...
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The Mexican parliament still has to vote on this measure,...
The Mexican parliament still has to vote on this measure, but the Mexican government has no plans to renege on its decision to eliminate quotas and duties on imports of Chinese shoes as of Dec. 11. Chinese footwear currently incurs duties of 70 percent in Mexico. Bruno Ferrari, Mexico's finance ...
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The bill for the proposed Affordable Footwear Act has been...
The bill for the proposed Affordable Footwear Act has been finally introduced for debate in the U.S. House of Representatives, after several years of lobbying by Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and other pressure group. If adopted, the legislation would suspend tariffs as high as 37.5 percent for ...
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Brown Shoe Company has filed a lawsuit against Mark Lardie,...
Brown Shoe Company has filed a lawsuit against Mark Lardie, a former divisional president for wholesale operations of the company who has also acted as general merchandise manager at its Famous Footwear retail chain. The suit alleges that Lardie has violated a non-competition clause in his contract with Brown ...
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Christian Dior is the latest target of Christian Louboutin, which...
Christian Dior is the latest target of Christian Louboutin, which is accusing the company of copying its signature red soles. Dior is rumored to be ready to launch a collection of red-soled shoes, and Christian Louboutin has asked for a court order to prevent it. Apparently the company hired a ...
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The Pakistani government is reported to be considering a ban...
The Pakistani government is reported to be considering a ban on exports of wet blue leather to help protect the country's tanners and its shoe and leathergoods industry
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Columbia Sportswear, acting along with OutDry Technologies, the Italian developer...
Columbia Sportswear, acting along with OutDry Technologies, the Italian developer of breathable membranes that it acquired last year, has appealed to the European Commission to check whether the practices of W.L. Gore & Associates are in line with the European Union's competition laws. The plaintiffs allege in their complaint that ...
