UGG (brand)
File:Ugg logo 3193.gif | |
Founded | 1978 |
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Founder | Brian Smith |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Footwear, accessories |
Website | www |
UGG Australia (or simply UGG) is an American footwear company and is a division of the Deckers Outdoor Corporation.
UGG is a registered trademark in the United States and over 130 other countries for their brand of sheepskin boots and other footwear, as well as bags, clothing, outerwear and other goods. Deckers also owns registrations for their UGG Australia brand in various countries around the world. Deckers is headquartered in Goleta, California[1] with an e-commerce division located in Flagstaff, Arizona.[2]
The UGG brand is best known for its "Classic" sheepskin boots in the Australian ugg boot style, worn by both men and women. UGG brand boots have been identified as a fashion trend for men and women since the early 2000s.[3][4] The range has expanded to include not only footwear, but UGG brand bags, clothing, outerwear, hats, gloves and other goods. Deckers has reported sales of US$689 million under the UGG brand in 2008,[5] an increase from US$14.5 million in 1995.[6]
In 2012, sales of the UGG brand worldwide were over US$1 billion.[1]
History
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By the mid-1970s, several surf shops in Santa Cruz, California and the San Fernando Valley were selling Ugg boots purchased by the shops owners while visiting surfing events in Australia. Seeing the success of the boots in the U.S., in 1978, Australian surfer Brian Smith, then living in Santa Monica, California, and Doug Jensen applied to be the United States distributors for the Western Australian Ugg boot manufacturer, Country Leather. Family friends invested $20,000 into the new venture and the group set up Ugg Imports. In their first season in business, Ugg Imports sold 28 pairs of boots. Due to other business commitments, in 1979 Jensen handed over his share of the company to Smith. Sales steadily grew and Smith set up Ugg Holdings Inc. and in 1985 registered a US trademark on a rams head logo with the words "Original UGG Boot UGG Australia".[7] In 1995, Deckers Outdoor acquired the business and continued to expand it. Despite being a unisex brand and having world wide popularity, UGG Australia has been stigmatized as a women's only product. In hopes of attracting more male consumers, UGG started an ad campaign with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in 2012.[8][9] In 2012, UGG had over $1 billion (U.S) in sales.[1] UGG footwear is manufactured in China,[10] from Australian sheepskin.[11][12]
Trademark disputes
In 1971, Shane Steadman registered the trademark UGH-BOOT on the Australian Trade Mark Registry, and obtained an Australian registration for UGH in 1982. These registrations remained valid in Australia until removed for non-use in 2006. Steadman sold his UGH brand boots widely in Australia throughout the 1970s and 1980s.[citation needed] This registration was subsequently sold to Ugg Holdings Inc. in early 1995. In August 1995, Deckers Outdoor Corporation purchased Ugg Holdings, and in 1999 registered Ugg Holdings trademarks, including the UGG AUSTRALIA label (with sun-like device), in the United States. Deckers holds registrations for the UGG trademark in the United States, China and over 130 other countries.[13]
Bruce and Bronwyn McDougall, owners of Uggs-N-Rugs, a Western Australia-based manufacturer, started legal action against the UGH-BOOTS registration in Australia in 2005. Specifically, they brought a non-use action against Deckers alleging that Deckers had not actively used the UGH-BOOT trademark in Australian commerce for the past three years. Their action was successful, and the UGH-BOOT registration was removed from the Australian Trademark Registry.[14]
The validity of the UGG trademark outside of Australia has also been challenged, but courts have consistently upheld its validity. In 1998, Deckers demanded that the American company Koolaburra cease infringing the UGG trademark. Koolaburra replied that they did not use the name "UGG" or "UGH" and that the only mark they used was "Ug". Deckers sent a further "cease and desist" letter in 2001 and another in 2003 but Koolaburra declined to stop using the name "Ug" and in 2004, Deckers filed a case against Koolaburra in the California federal court alleging (1) trademark infringement, (2) false designation of origin (Koolaburra labelled their boots "Australian Ug Boots"), (3) trademark dilution, (4) cybersquatting, (5) unfair competition, (6) trade disparagement, (7) unjust enrichment and (8) breach of contract (Deckers claimed that in 1998 Koolaburra had agreed to stop using the name Ug). Koolaburra in turn challenged that the name UGG was generic and not entitled to trademark protection. As the UGG mark was registered, Deckers was entitled to the assumption that it was not generic, thus the burden of proof rested with Koolaburra.[15]
In support, Koolaburra provided the testimony of America's National Surfing Team coach Peter Townend and Nordstrom's footwear buyer Heather Kolkey. These declarations were accepted by the court as anecdotal. Additionally, Koolaburra provided three instances of the generic usage of Ugg in American magazines, however the court pointed out that the most recent was dated 1980. Koolaburra also quoted the New York City published Oxford English Dictionary definition of "Ugg"; however, this was rejected after Deckers petitioned the Dictionary to change the definition of "Ugg" from "a kind of soft sheepskin boot" to a definition that included UGG’s trademark, which the OED agreed to do.[15][16] Koolaburra then argued that the UGG trademark was invalid as Brian Smith had fraudulently registered the name by giving false representations that the term was not generic, arguing that "as an Australian citizen, Smith knew of the fact that the term Ugg was a generic term". This was rejected by the court as fraud requires an applicant to "knowingly" make the false representations, ruling that such belief was subjective, and finding that even if Smith knew the term was generic in Australia, he may have "honestly held [a] good faith belief" that it was not generic in the United States.[15]
Deckers countered through submitting declarations from four professionals in the footwear industry who stated that "UGG" is widely recognized in the industry as a brand name, not a generic term and provided the court with survey evidence supporting that consumers in the US consider UGG to be a brand name; among women aged 18 to 45 who had purchased footwear valued over $100 in the last 12 months, 58% believed UGG was a brand name while only 11% thought it generic. Koolaburra then argued that the term was generic under the doctrine of "foreign equivalents." (Under U.S. law, a term used in another country that is considered generic in that country cannot be imported into the United States and used as a trademark.) This was rejected as the doctrine only applied to terms in a foreign language.[15] In February 2005, the court ruled for Deckers on their claims of "trademark infringement" and "unfair competition", stating that consumers in the United States consider UGG to be a brand name, and finding that a consumer would likely be confused with the similarity in "appearance, sight and sound" between "Ug" and UGG" as the parties were marketing in direct competition with identical products. However, the court declined to rule on the validity of trademarks in Australia as it was considered inappropriate to interfere with another country's rulings.[15]
Recent cases
In a second Australian non-use action between Deckers and Luda Production Pty., IP Australia confirmed that Deckers owned the trademark of their UGG AUSTRALIA label (with sun-like device), however the scope of the trademark was narrowed, restricted to just footwear.[17] Finally, in 2010, IP Australia ruled on a dispute dating back to 2004. The decision rejected Deckers Outdoor Corporation Inc's objections, and granted Luda Production Pty Ltd the right to move to the registration phase of their UGG AUSTRALIA and MADE BY UGG AUSTRALIA labels and the phrase MADE BY UGG AUSTRALIA, subject to appeal.[18]
On December 25, 2010, Deckers Outdoor Corporation filed a trademark infringement suit in a bid to stop Emu Australia from using the UGG name on its sales website. On December 30 Emu Australia counter-sued for the cancellation of Decker's UGG trademark in the US. Emu's suit alleged that Decker's trademark was obtained after a false statement to the US Trademark Office and was therefore invalid.[19] On 25 August 2011 the case was dismissed with prejudice by stipulation of the parties but the terms of the settlement were not disclosed.[20][21]
In 2010, the validity of the UGG trademark was challenged in a Turkish court by a local manufacturer after his application to register a trademark containing the words UGGBOOTS and AUSTRALIA was rejected. Judge Verda Çiçekli ruled for Deckers, finding that UGG is not a generic term and does not have any descriptive nature in the Turkish language, except to refer to Deckers products.[13] The court further ruled that UGG is a well-known trademark that has gained recognition and distinctiveness worldwide, and while acknowledging the challenger's allegations that UGG is a generic term in Australia, ruled that such alleged facts have no bearing on the validity of the trademark within Turkey.[13] Deckers was also awarded costs in the action.
Counterfeiting
With increasing popularity, Deckers UGGs became a popular target for counterfeiters as they are inexpensive to make, have a relatively high sale price and are rarely discounted. According to Deckers' brand-protection unit, in 2009 it took down 2,500 fake websites, 20,000 eBay listings and 150,000 other online auction listings with 60,000 pairs of counterfeit UGGs confiscated by customs agents.[22]
During a trademark infringement and trade dress case, a generic term defense by a Dutch distributor was rejected by a Dutch court.[23] La Cheapa distributed sheepskin boots on an Internet site from the Netherlands, describing them on its website as "100% authentic Ugg Australian boots!!!" with "UGG logo on the heel" in boxes virtually identical to Deckers packaging.[23] The court ruled in favor of Deckers with proportional costs awarded against La Cheapa, finding that UGG is a well-known brand in the Benelux economic zone.[24] In that case the court stated:
... the objection (to validity) will be stricken down. [Defendant's argument is] that Australian companies, such as Jumbo Ugg believe that the word UGG is a generic name. One cannot establish the fact that this is considered a generic name in Benelux based on the opinion of one or more companies in Australia. ... therefore, the legitimacy of the brand is upheld. The court has no reason to doubt that [UGG] is a well-known brand in Benelux.[24]
As Deckers had made no attempt to settle out of court, the court reduced the damages due. Proportional costs of €11,699.00 was awarded in lieu of the €17,548.30 in legal costs sought by Deckers along with forfeiture of €548, being 80% of the profits from La Cheapa's sales of the counterfeits.[23] The case is binding law throughout much of Western Europe under the Madrid Protocol.[citation needed]
Law enforcement officials in Great Britain, the U.S. and China have reported seizures of counterfeit UGG brand boots.[25][26][27]
In 2009, US customs agents confiscated 60,000 pairs of fake UGG boots, and the company took action against 2500 websites that were selling fraudulent products, as well as some 170,000 listings on eBay, Craigslist and similar sites.[28][29] Leah Evert-Burks, director of brand protection for Deckers, told The New York Times: "The consumer is blind as to the source of the product ... Counterfeit Web sites go up pretty easily, and counterfeiters will copy our stock photos, the text of our Web site, so it will look and feel like" the Deckers website.[28]
According to the Glasgow Evening Times in July 2010,
Gangs of criminals have flooded Glasgow with fake footwear. ... Authorities across the west of Scotland have seized hundreds of pairs of the must-have footwear ... Neil Coltart, at Glasgow City Council, said: "These boots come in boxes that look like the real thing, with tags and labels. But the product clearly isn't the quality you'd expecty from Ugg." ... Out of their slick packaging, the boots were clearly not made of Ugg's comfy sheepskin, but a cheap man-made fur. One even had its distinctive Ugg trademark glued on to its heel upside down. Holding up a pair, [Coltart] said: "I think most people would be pretty disappointed if they bought Ugg boots and brought these home."[30]
Deckers continually monitors usage of the UGG trademark on the World Wide Web, taking action against auctions and websites that infringe its trademark. The Australian Trade Marks Office, IP Australia cautions:
"A trade mark registered under Australia's trade mark laws only provides rights for trade within Australia's borders. Trade mark laws are national laws and each country registers and protects trade marks within their own jurisdiction. ... The Internet provides easy access to global markets and takes no account of national borders. If you are trading on the Internet you need to understand the laws of the country into which you are selling goods or services. If you place an offer for sale on the Internet in Australia that invites purchase from overseas, this can amount to trading overseas and could leave you vulnerable to legal action and expensive litigation. Likewise an overseas proprietor selling goods in Australia via the Internet may infringe an Australian trade mark."[31]
The National Arbitration Forum, which has been appointed by ICANN to resolve most Internet domain name disputes, has used Deckers Outdoor Corporation ownership of the UGG trademark in the United States as part of several decisions to direct Internet domains containing UGG to be transferred to Deckers.[32][33][34][35][36][37]
Concern for animals
Since UGG boots are one of many clothing products made from animal skin, the production of UGG boots has been the subject of criticism by the animal liberation movement.[38] In the decade beginning in 2000, the group[who?] called for the boycott of UGG boots and their replacement with alternatives not made from animal skin.
In 2007, Pamela Anderson, realizing that UGG boots were made of skin, wrote on her website: "I thought they were shaved kindly? People like to tell me all the time that I started that trend – yikes! Well let's start a new one – do NOT buy Uggs! Buy Stella McCartney or Juicy boots."[39] In February 2008, the Princeton Animal Welfare Society staged a campus protest against the fur industry, particularly attacking the ugg boot industry. "Students lay in the newly fallen snow on the Frist Campus Center's North Front Lawn on Friday afternoon, feigning death, wearing coats covered with fake blood and sporting signs that read, 'What if you were killed for your coat?' "[40]
Style Numbers
- 1652 Delmar
- 1675 Fisherman
- 1756 Aliso
- 1783 Atrani
- 1799 Flare
- 1829 Keppel (mens)
- 1871 Rylan
- 1872 Bailey Button Krinkle
- 1873 Bailey Button Triplet
- 1886 Delaine
- 1888 Evera
- 1889 Roslynn
- 1890 Kenly (full zip closure, metal UGG logo heel plate)
- 1891 Greenfield
- 1892 Montclair
- 1895 Retro Cargo
- 1911 Broome II
- 1923 Annabelle
- 1932 Caspia
- 1934 Gael
- 1937 Gael (clog)
- 1942 Maxene
- 1947 Abilene (knee high slouch boots)
- 1948 Highkoo II
- 1955 Lynnea
- 1964 Tasmina
- 1968 Retro Cargo (kids)
- 1969 Kensington (kids, full zip closure)
- 1971 Rockville (kids)
- 3010 Kenton
- 3034 Ladigo (mens)
- 3040 Rockville II (mens)
- 3049 Bailey Button Triplet Bomber
- 3085 Gael
- 3092 Kayla
- 3123 Bellingham (mens)
- 3159 Camano
- 3172 Over The Knee Bailey Button
- 3174 Over The Knee Twisted Cable
- 3177 Polyvore
- 3883 Annisa
- 3184 Channing
- 3190 Hazel II
- 3196 Ravenna (suede)Over the Knee
- 3200 Ravenna (leather)Over The Knee
- 3204 Lynnea
- 3206 Kaylee
- 3208 Jolene (clog)
- 3215 Aubree
- 3216 Shanleigh
- 3219 Rommy
- 3229 Newberry
- 3232 Thurston (mens)
- 3240 Hannen
- 3243 Carnero
- 3244 Stoneman (suede)
- 3246 Carnero
- 3247 Stoneman (leather)
- 3269 Chaucer
- 3272 Ballard (mens)
- 3274 Bixbee
- 3278 Marlee
- 3286 Maura
- 3301 Rayanne
- 3331 Tularosa
- 3336 Lillie
- 3349 Bailey Bling
- 3361 Arroyo (clog cuff boot)
- 3385 Wilshire
- 3388 Bailey Bow Tall
- 5102 Byron
- 5107 Hartsville Birch (mens)
- 5116 Mayfaire (side full zip closure)
- 5119 Knightsbridge (rear full zip closure)
- 5119T Bailey Toddler
- 5124 Suburb Crochet
- 5125 Coquette
- 5128 Sunburst Tall
- 5129 Retro Cargo III Bomber (riri metal zipper, metal pull)
- 5132 Cargo III (riri metal zipper, metal pull)
- 5135 Kohala
- 5137 Elijo
- 5139 Swell Tall Brunswick
- 5143 Boston (mens)
- 5146 Croft (mens)
- 5150 Tasman (mens)
- 5160 Snowpeak
- 5163 Upside
- 5185 Rainier
- 5190 Uptown II
- 5191 Locarno (YKK-branded plastic zipper, plastic pull, metal UGG logo heel plate)
- 5192 Sunrise (UGG-branded plastic zipper, plastic pull, knee-high)
- 5193 Cosita (Floral embroidery,side full zipper closure)
- 5195 Cargo II (UGG-branded plastic zipper, plastic pull)
- 5202 Erin (infants)
- 5210 Downtown
- 5218 Sunburst Tall
- 5219 Ultimate Bind
- 5220 Ultra Short (mens)
- 5225 Ultra Short (womens)
- 5229 Classic Tall (kids)
- 5230 Whitley
- 5235 Sunset Tall Zip (full zip closure)
- 5240 Ultra Tall (mens)
- 5243 Kalie
- 5245 Ultra Tall Braid
- 5250 Ultimate Tall
- 5251 Classic Short (kids)
- 5251T Classic Short (toddler)
- 5252 Tasman (womens)
- 5263 Birch (kids)
- 5270 Ultimate Short (mens)
- 5272 Sunshine (kids, side full zipper closure)
- 5273 Ultimate Cuff Braid
- 5274 Sunsparkle (kids)
- 5275 Ultimate Short
- 5281 Classic Short Braid
- 5300 Wigeon
- 5318
- 5325 Sundance Short Braid
- 5340 Ultimate Tall Braid
- 5342 Classic Tall Quilted
- 5347 Ultra Short
- 5356 Westside
- 5379 Ascot (mens)
- 5380 Shoreham
- 5396 Ascot (mens)
- 5418 Larkspur
- 5426 Kaile
- 5450 Felicity
- 5464 Blossom
- 5474 Stella
- 5479 Cargo (UGG-branded metal zipper, plastic pull)
- 5485 Beacon (mens)
- 5490 Brooks Bomber Tall
- 5507 Mercer (full zipper, removable shearling insole, distressed leather)
- 5520 Fairfax
- 5521 Butte
- 5526 Olson (mens)
- 5535 Arapahoe (mens version of Locarno 5191, but shorter, and without zipper)
- 5550 Jackson
- 5565 Isabella
- 5581 Fairfax (half side zipper)
- 5598 Raya
- 5612 Dakota
- 5623 Dyersville
- 5626 Hartsville (mens)
- 5654 Payton
- 5655 Hayden
- 5661 Scuffette II
- 5677 Metro
- 5676 Swell
- 5678 Kensington (womans)
- 5683 Sunset II (full zip closure)
- 5734 Roseberry
- 5743 Dauphine
- 5744 Langford
- 5746 Channing
- 5747 Bettey
- 5762 High Koo
- 5765 Highkoo (tall slouch boot)
- 5768 Abroad
- 5772 Abbie
- 5775 Ascot (mens)
- 5790 Wrangell (mens)
- 5800 Classic Short (mens)
- 5803 Bailey Button Short
- 5804 Classic Tall Bomber
- 5812 Classic Tall Metallic
- 5815 Classic Tall
- 5817 Cardy Crochet Knit
- 5819 Classic Cardy
- 5822 Classic Cable Knit
- 5823 Classic Tall Metallic
- 5825 Classic Short (womens)
- 5831 Classic Short (womens)
- 5832 Wally (mens)
- 5838 Bailey Button Bomber
- 5842 Classic Short Bomber Metallic
- 5845 Essential Tall
- 5852 Jacquard
- 5854 Classic Mini
- 5866 Classic Tall Metallic
- 5879 Classic Argyle Knit
- 5918 Kid's Cargo III
- 5921 Suburb Crochet
- 5948 Lil Sunshine (kids)
- 5950 Tasman (mens)
- 5955 Tasman
- 5983 Sunshine II (kids)
- 5984 Classic Short Bomber (mens)
- 5991 Bailey Button (kids)
- 5998 Classic Tall Fancy
- 1000137 Kayla
- 1000586 Mireya
- 1000608 Lanni
- 1000693 Heirloom Lace Up
- 1000803 Luella
- 1001202 Classic Short Dylyn
- 1001204 Classic Tall Dylyn Bomber
- 1001267 Fabrice
- 1001316 Taryn
- 1001317 Carnagie
- 1001503 Chandler (kids)
- 1001511 Jorie
- 1001594 Stoneman
- 1001520 Maddie (kids)
- 1001637 Channing II
- 1001656 Gershwin
- 1001661 Fabrizia
- 1001715 Georgette
- 1001733 Noira (removeable insoles)
- 1001734 Noira
- 1001736 Rommy
- 1001781 Cassie (infant)
- 1001785 Adirondack II
- 1001791 Deanna
- 1001793 Lynnea II
- 1001815 Caspia
- 1001833 Tatum
- 1001876 Cyndee
- 1001878 Etta
- 1001879 Selia
- 1001881 Kendrick
- 1001916 Broome III
- 1001959 Jillian II (full side zip closure)
- 1001993 Burroughs
- 1001999 Gillespie
- 1002149 Kintla
- 1002382 Antora (slipper)
- 1002484 Adirondack II
- 1002673 Mireya
- 1002790 Classic Short Exotic
- 1002954 Bailey Bow
- 1002978 Classic Short Sparkle
- 1003064 Anais
- 1003095 Flower Power (kids)
- 1003182 Marielle
- 1003188 Katerina
- 1003192 Daupine
- 1003266 Blaise Patent
- 1003335 Tupelo
- 1003387 Classic Short Sparkle
- 1003389 Rowland Camo
- 1003502 Allaria
- 1003525 Lo Pro
- 1003556 Savoie Stout
- 1003572 Marielle
- 1003605 Conor
- 1003624 Stoneman
- 1003656 Jorie II
- 1003888 Blaise
- 1003890 Classic Short Bling
- 1004144 Kensington II
- 1004152 Danton
- 1004169 Esplanade
- 1004172 Darcie
- 1004177 Neevah
- 1004207 Krewe (distressed leather)
- 1004239 Aubrie Java
- 1004271 Blaise
- 1004302 Classic Short Metallic Patent
- 1004367 Darling
- 1004509 Channing II
- 1004949 Blaise Bling
- 1005043 Andra
See also
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External links
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- Official website
- The Good, The Bad and the Ugg Boot Study
- The Good, The Bad and the Ugg Boot 2006 documentary film on the trademark dispute (see also Australian Film Commission database)
- "Putting the Boot In", Sydney Morning Herald, March 13, 2004
- Direction to remove 245662 (UGH-BOOTS) from the Register of Trade Marks. Trademarks Act 1995: Decision of a Delegate of the Registrar of Trademarks with Reasons: Findings of Australian Trademark Hearing. January 16, 2006. (PDF file)