Double Diamond Distribution, Ltd. v. Crocs, Inc.

  1. September 24, 2025

    Crocs Kicks Rival's Defamation Suit To The Curb

    A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday tossed a defamation suit brought against Crocs Inc. by its rival Double Diamond, finding the company failed to provide any evidence of damages or harm suffered from a press release it said twisted their legal settlement into an admission of wrongdoing.

  2. March 21, 2025

    Crocs Defends News Release In Bid To Beat Defamation Suit

    Footwear maker Crocs Inc. told a Colorado federal judge Friday that a 2022 news release in which it said Crocs secured "a judgment of infringement" against a rival company was at least substantially true, contending that's enough to defeat the rival's summary judgment bid in a defamation suit.

  3. March 12, 2024

    Crocs Can't Poke Holes Through IP Defamation Case

    A Colorado federal judge has refused to grant the bulk of Crocs' bid to toss a suit from a Canadian company that settled a patent dispute with the footwear maker, but agreed to trim the case by one count.

  4. August 23, 2023

    Anti-SLAPP Can't Save Crocs From Libel Suit, Shoe Co. Says

    A Colorado law allowing defendants to defeat lawsuits that chill free speech does not protect footwear maker Crocs Inc. from allegations that it issued a defamatory press release, a Canadian shoe company argued in a brief, which also claimed Crocs has continued to misrepresent a patent settlement between the companies.

  5. August 02, 2023

    Crocs Says It Never Defamed Shoe Co. Over Patent Settlement

    The foam shoe maker Crocs has urged a Colorado federal judge to throw out a Canadian company's defamation suit, arguing in two motions that its statements about a 2022 patent settlement were accurate and an exercise of free speech.

  6. July 14, 2023

    Crocs' Crowing Over Patent Deal Defamed Shoe Co., Suit Says

    A Canadian company that settled a patent suit with Crocs last year says the foam clog giant twisted their deal into an admission of wrongdoing, alleging in Colorado federal court it was defamed by Crocs' statement about the settlement.