Ugg-Maker Beats Rival Footwear Co.'s Antitrust Suit, For Now

By Gina Kim ( August 27, 2026, 9:01 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge on Thursday tossed Quince's antitrust suit alleging Deckers uses sham trade dress litigation to block rivals, ruling Quince didn't sufficiently plead a sham litigation exception to the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, which immunizes businesses from antitrust liability for petitioning activity, but allowed Quince a chance to amend....

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