The Indian Court allows crocodiles to pursue infringement challenges

An Indian court has revived the nine -year demands presented by Crocs Inc, which accused several Indian companies of launching shoes identical to their popular rubber obstructions, which allows the US company to continue with its infraction challenges.

The announcement of the court on Tuesday night comes just when another international brand, Prada, faces the heat in India for exhibiting sandals during a Milan fashion parade that was similar to Indian ethnic footwear, which caused a national fury. Prada then acknowledged that they were inspired by the Indian designs.

Crocs had sued six companies, including the Indian Bata -based Unit in Switzerland, as well as local relax and Liberty players for allegedly copying the shape of its footwear, but an Indian court had said in 2019 that the case could not be taken by citing technical land.

However, Crocs presented an appeal in which the Superior Court gave permission to continue the case saying that “the dismissal of Crocs' demands cannot sustain in the law.”

In the original court challenge, Crocs said the rivals should be restricted to sell the footwear that called an obvious imitation of their rubber obstructions.

Liberty, one of the companies demanded by Crocs, argued that Crocs was not the creator of the designs and had not copied the shape of the obstruction of the footwear in use by others much earlier.

Run in Colorado in 2002, the extravagant, bright and comfortable crocs resin shoes quickly attracted a cult track. Over the years, they have become popular in India, where they are sold in several footwear stores.

The Indian footwear market is worth $ 33.86 billion this year, according to the market research firm, and 97% of the market is dominated by the footwear that is not luxury.