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Oakley and Sunglass Hut dispute (2001)

After Luxottica bought Sunglass Hut in 2001 it cut the Oakley sunglasses sold there; Oakley sued, and the two settled by late 2001. Accounts of the cause differ.

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  • Luxottica cut the number of Oakley sunglasses sold at Sunglass Hut, in the OCBJ’s account Scholarship & press 1
  • Oakley sued Luxottica for knockoffs, per the OCBJ; then settled, per the OCBJ Scholarship & press 12

    In English: a German trade paper (13 December 2001) reported that Luxottica stopped carrying Oakley in August 2001, Oakley sued in November for patent infringement, a California court granted an injunction on 3 December against Luxottica products with Emerald or Ice lenses, and Luxottica resumed carrying Oakley in Sunglass Hut stores under a new three-year contract while the suit was still open.

  • Sunglass Hut the chain where Oakley sunglasses were cut back, then restored Scholarship & press 1
  • Foothill Ranch home of Oakley Scholarship & press 1
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  1. 2001 Oakley and Sunglass Hut dispute (2001)
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  1. Onetime Rival Oakley Selling for $2.1B to Luxottica, Orange County Business Journal, 2007. Scholarship & press
    In the early 2000s, Luxottica roiled Oakley by cutting the number of the company’s sunglasses sold at Sunglass Hut just after Luxottica bought the mall chain in 2001.
    Oakley shot back with a lawsuit accusing Luxottica of selling knockoffs of its sunglasses at Sunglass Hut.
    By late 2001, the companies settled and Oakley resumed sales through Sunglass Hut.
    The $2.1 billion sale of Foothill Ranch’s Oakley Inc. to Luxottica Group SPA of Italy brings together two companies that started the decade at odds with each other.
  2. Oakley und Luxottica nehmen Zusammenarbeit wieder auf, TextilWirtschaft, 13 Dec 2001. Scholarship & press
    Ein kalifornisches Bezirksgericht hatte der Klage von Oakley am 3. Dezember stattgegeben und eine einstweilige Verfügung gegen die Herstellung, den Import und die Vermarktung von Produkten mit Emerald- oder Ice-Gläsern
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