All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 42
-
News briefs
Pakistan's Trade Development Authority (TDAP) plans to help the nation's...
Pakistan's Trade Development Authority (TDAP) plans to help the nation's footwear manufacturers take part in the next edition of Expo Riva Schuh, at Riva del Garda in Italy, on Jan. 12-15, 2013. Eight members of the Pakistan Footwear Manufacturers Association participated and booked substantial orders last year. TDAP described the ...
-
News briefs
Pavers has become the first foreign retailer to be allowed...
Pavers has become the first foreign retailer to be allowed to set up wholly owned stores in India, after the government cleared the way for it to invest $20 million in single-brand retailing. Previously, non-Indian companies could own only up to 51 percent of their Indian retail operations, a rule ...
-
News briefs
Bata has immediately responded to a request by the European...
Bata has immediately responded to a request by the European Commission to withdraw a shoe called Flexible Pelle Vera, made by an external supplier and sold in Bulgaria, because it has been found to contain traces of chromium VI, a substance banned by the EU because it can be allergic ...
-
News briefs
The first Milan Anti-counterfeiting Committee (“Consiglio Milanese Anticontraffazione” - CMA)...
The first Milan Anti-counterfeiting Committee (“Consiglio Milanese Anticontraffazione” - CMA) was presented to the press at Milan's city hall by the city's mayor, Giuliano Pisapia, and other dignitaries last Sept. 24. The project aims at monitoring counterfeiting in the municipality of Milan by collecting data with law enforcement agencies and ...
-
News briefs
The British Footwear Association has announced a new collaboration with...
The British Footwear Association has announced a new collaboration with two London-based public relations agencies to offer mentor support to emerging footwear brands. The BFA PR mentoring program, in association with Wingfield PR and Cow PR, will help member companies expand and develop their brand identity. Cow Boutique, the newly-launched ...
-
News briefs
U.S. customs confiscated 20,457 pairs of counterfeit Christian Louboutin shoes...
U.S. customs confiscated 20,457 pairs of counterfeit Christian Louboutin shoes at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. According to U.S. authorities, three different importers shipped the fakes on July 27 and Aug. 14 of this year. Customs officers noticed that the boxes containing the knock-off shoes came from China, while the ...
-
News briefs
Members of the footwear industry in the Punjab region of...
Members of the footwear industry in the Punjab region of India, including manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, were to go on strike today to protest an increase in the VAT on footwear. The Shoe Merchants Association of Punjab said that the rate was raised from 5.5 percent for non-leather shoes and ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
Short stops
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
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
Short stops
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
-
News briefs
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. ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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, ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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, ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
