Crocs patent rejected in long-running Dawgs battle
24/02/2016
The Patent Office has been reexamining the validity of the patent since 2012 based on a challenge by Dawgs. Crocs had previously used the patent to gain an exclusion order that prevents the importation of strapped clogs into the US by any competitor, which Dawgs claims created a monopoly.
Invalidity proceedings in the US District Court of Colorado are also pending for another patent. In that case, Crocs sued Dawgs in 2006 for infringement of both patents.
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