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Birkenstock, which is enjoying a boom in the American shoe...
Birkenstock, which is enjoying a boom in the American shoe market, has notified Amazon that it will stop supplying it from next January. It has also asked its authorized dealers not to offer Birkenstock shoes on its marketplace. According to CNBC, Birkenstock has found it impossible to supervise the distribution ...
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Aquazzurra is suing Steve Madden for allegedly copying three of...
Aquazzurra is suing Steve Madden for allegedly copying three of its most popular footwear designs. The complaint was filed on June 23 in the Southern District of New York, a federal court in Manhattan. According to the Florence-based luxury shoes label, the Sharlit, Lecrew and Sassey models by Steve Madden ...
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Blufin, Blumarine's parent company, has announced a five-year licensing agreement...
Blufin, Blumarine's parent company, has announced a five-year licensing agreement with Calzaturificio Rodolfo Zengarini for the production and global distribution of Blumarine Shoes, previously made in-house. The announcement follows shortly after that of a licensing agreement with La Compagnia delle Pelli for Blumarine Handbags. The new collaboration between the fashion ...
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Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the...
Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the state of Oregon against Skechers, claiming that the design of the latter's “Mega Flex” shoe infringes on its “Springblade” concept. Last February, Adidas won a preliminary injunction against Skechers in another Oregon court case over ...
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Palladium, the French brand owned by K-Swiss, celebrates its 70th...
Palladium, the French brand owned by K-Swiss, celebrates its 70th anniversary with a special shoe collection, called “originals,” with the earlier color scheme and the old logo
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Deckers Brands has sued two companies, Shiekh Shoes and Olem,...
Deckers Brands has sued two companies, Shiekh Shoes and Olem, charging that they copied several models of Ugg shoes
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Skechers USA is sueing once again Eliya over the designs...
Skechers USA is sueing once again Eliya over the designs of its Bernie Mev Gummies shoes, claiming that they infringe on the design patents for the pillow-celled sole of its own Skech-Air shoes. The two companies had stipulated a settlement over their dispute last year, but Skechers is taking Eliya ...
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The presidents of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA),...
The presidents of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), and Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) signed a joint statement in New York, calling for the inclusion of meaningful provisions in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which will stage ...
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The first of three shoe innovation and development centers has...
The first of three shoe innovation and development centers has just opened in Mexico. It is located in San Mateo Anenco, near Mexico City, and will serve the 1,400 footwear companies active in the region, which employ together 10,000 people. These companies will benefit from the new equipment available at ...
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Crocs has announced that a ruling last year in the...
Crocs has announced that a ruling last year in the Shanghai Intermediate People's Court has been selected by China's Supreme People's Court as one of the top 50 leading intellectual property (IP) cases of 2015, and as one of the top 10 leading IP cases of the Shanghai Courts. In ...
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Skechers has filed a lawsuit against Eliya, the maker of...
Skechers has filed a lawsuit against Eliya, the maker of Bernie Mev footwear, for marketing and distributing footwear that allegedly infringes on its Skech-Air by Skechers product line. The suit, which has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, states that Eliya is selling ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has filed a legal suit against Vince Ferragamo,...
Salvatore Ferragamo has filed a legal suit against Vince Ferragamo, the former Los Angeles Rams football quarterback, who is operating a similarly-named winery. His wine is sold with the “Tenuta di Ferragamo” name. The Italian fashion house accuses the former football player of infringing its trademarks, as the wine's name ...
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It will be easier for Italian companies to obtain a...
It will be easier for Italian companies to obtain a license from the Tehran Garment Union (TGU) to operate in Iran following a contract signed with Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), the umbrella association of textiles and accessories companies, which includes the shoemakers affiliated with Assocalzaturifici. Notably it will be easier ...
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Alibaba is the first e-commerce company to become a member...
Alibaba is the first e-commerce company to become a member of the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), the non-profit organization devoted to combating product counterfeiting and piracy. The Chinese e-tailer has been working with the IACC since 2013 to identify and take down infringing listings on its Taobao and Tmall marketplaces, ...
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Adidas filed a lawsuit against Ecco in the U.S. District...
Adidas filed a lawsuit against Ecco in the U.S. District Court of Oregon on April 20, charging infringement of its Three-Stripe trademark. Adidas said that Ecco is offering for sale and selling shoes featuring three and four parallel stripes on the side of the shoe. The documentation filed by Adidas ...
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A Dutch court has transferred a trademark lawsuit pitting Christian...
A Dutch court has transferred a trademark lawsuit pitting Christian Louboutin against Deichmann to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg for a verdict in the case. The lawsuit dates back to 2013, when the Dutch subsidiary of Deichmann launched a model of high-heeled shoes with a red shoe sole ...
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François Feijoo, who heads up Eram's retail operations since 2013,...
François Feijoo, who heads up Eram's retail operations since 2013, has been elected as president of Procos, a French federation in charge of the development of specialty retailing in France
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Assocalzaturifici is lobbying intensely to prevent the World Trade Organization...
Assocalzaturifici is lobbying intensely to prevent the World Trade Organization granting market economy status to China, unless the Asian giant starts producing shoes in compliance with the same quality, environmental and safety standards as those that are applied in Italy. A decision is due to be taken toward the end ...
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The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has invalidated for the...
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has invalidated for the second time a design patent that Crocs has been using for its iconic clog, this time supporting a challenge made by U.S.A. Dawgs, a shoe company based in Las Vegas, which was importing similar strapped clogs from competitors. Often referred ...
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The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has set up...
The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has set up a new shoe-focused subcommittee. The new Footwear Action committee aims to “develop and implement information, policies, programs and initiatives focused on helping AAFA members who make, distribute and sell shoes,” according to the association's press release. More broadly, the committee's ...
