Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. Australian Leather Pty Ltd

  1. April 28, 2020

    Ugg Maker Says Plenty Of Evidence To Back $450K IP Win

    The maker of Ugg boots has told an Illinois federal judge there's no basis to grant a new trial to an Australian company found to have infringed on its trademarks because ample evidence of counterfeiting backed a jury's $450,000 verdict.

  2. April 07, 2020

    Aussie Co. Says It Can't Afford To Pay Ugg Boot IP Verdict

    An Australian apparel company has asked an Illinois federal judge to pause the execution of a $450,000 jury verdict finding that it infringed Deckers Outdoor Corp.'s Ugg boot trademarks so the company doesn't go bankrupt trying to challenge the award.

  3. March 06, 2020

    Aussie Co. Seeks To Unravel 'Irrational' $450K Ugg IP Verdict

    A jury "irrationally" concluded an Australian apparel company set out to trick consumers into believing their boots were made by Ugg maker Deckers Outdoor Corp., the Aussie company said in a bid to knock out the jury's $450,000 verdict.

  4. May 10, 2019

    Jury Awards $450K In Ugg Boot Trademark Trial

    An Australian apparel company willfully infringed trademarks registered to Ugg maker Deckers Outdoor Corp. when it sold similarly styled boots bearing the same name online to American consumers, a federal jury found Friday.

  5. May 06, 2019

    Australian Rival Copied Popular Boots, Ugg Maker Tells Jury

    An Australian apparel company willfully infringed a trademark registered to Ugg maker Deckers Outdoor Corp. when it sold "virtually identical" boots bearing the same name online to American consumers, attorneys for Deckers told a jury in Chicago on Monday.

  6. September 14, 2018

    'Ugg' Is Not Generic Trademark For Boots, Judge Says

    An Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday that "ugg" is not a generic word for a kind of sheepskin boot, meaning the U.S. owner of the popular Uggs brand can sue a rival for using the name.