December 01, 2025
A footwear company has told a Colorado federal court that Crocs' shoe designs lack the necessary widespread recognition to be registered for a trademark, asking for the court to grant it a win on its arguments that Crocs' "3D" marks are invalid.
July 30, 2025
Crocs told a Colorado federal judge Wednesday it agreed to drop trademark dilution claims against Joybees stemming from a dispute where the defendant's CEO, who was a former midlevel Crocs manager, allegedly absconded with documents to copy the design and manufacturing process for its foam clog to start a competing business.
July 24, 2024
A Colorado federal judge has declined to use foam shoemaker Joybees' written descriptions in rival Crocs' intellectual property suit, concluding the design of the clogs is better represented by Crocs' patent illustrations.
July 15, 2024
A Colorado federal judge has tossed a pair of counterclaims alleging anticompetitive conduct by Crocs in the shoe company's intellectual property lawsuit against a smaller rival, with the judge concluding that the rival never claimed Crocs said anything untrue or in bad faith.
January 26, 2024
A Colorado federal judge has urged rival shoemakers Crocs and Joybees to turn down the temperature in their intellectual property dispute, saying the companies have not been cooperating during discovery and are fighting over almost everything.
August 18, 2023
The CEO of shoe company Joybees LLC is asking a Colorado federal judge to toss a lawsuit filed last month by its higher-profile rival Crocs Inc., arguing that Crocs filed the new lawsuit in order to get around a protective order in another lawsuit just to generate negative media coverage.
April 26, 2023
A Colorado federal judge has turned down a shoe company's request to force Crocs Inc. to be more specific about its patent infringement allegations, after Crocs argued that case law doesn't require it to do anything more than provide pictures of its foam clog and of the allegedly infringing shoes.