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.
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.
November 28, 2023
An attorney for Joybees LLC urged a Colorado federal magistrate judge Tuesday to pause discovery in an intellectual property lawsuit brought by rival shoemaker Crocs, contending that Crocs has created a "procedural morass" by filing the lawsuit rather than bringing the claims in an existing litigation battle.
August 23, 2023
Crocs Inc. is urging a Colorado federal court not to throw out its claims that rival Joybees LLC and its CEO stole trade secrets from when the executive was a manager at Crocs, saying Joybees' arguments that it was never properly served are moot because it is well aware of the suit by now.
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.