Ten: Three stripes and you're out: adidas suing tennis slams

AAP Sports News (Australia), April, 2006

AAP Sports News (Australia) 04-26-2006 Ten: Three stripes and you're out: adidas suing tennis slams By Robin Millard LONDON, April 25, AFP - Adidas, the German sportswear manufacturer, is suing the tennis grand slams and the sport's governing body in a dispute over their three-stripes trademark, the Wimbledon organisers said today. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTCC) said it would vigorously defend the action which is set to go to court in May.

Papers were served against the club last week, chief-executive Ian Ritchie said. The Grand Slam Committee, which brings together Wimbledon and the Australian, French and US Opens, believes the stripes are not simply a design effect and should therefore conform to the manufacturer's...

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