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Australian ugg boot maker loses US trademark case

15/05/2019

A shoe manufacturer in Australia has been ordered to pay US group Deckers damages of US$450,000 after a Chicago court ruled he had wilfully infringed on a registered trademark by selling ugg boots online to US customers. The owner of Sydney-based Australian Leather, Eddie Oygur, had argued that “ugg” is a generic term that originated in the 1960s ...

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