Nick Xenophon joins Aussie man's legal fight with US company over 'Ugg' boot term

The US company claims it has the worldwide rights to the termThe American company is suing Sydney-based company Australian Leather and its owner Eddie Oygur for selling Ugg boots in the United States.

Deckers has claimed trademark infringement and is seeking to seize the company's Ugg boot stock, property and bank accounts.counter-suing and said the American company should not have the right to use the trademark 'Ugg' nameFormer South Australian senator Nick Xenophon is part of the legal team that will head to the United States for a jury trial scheduled to begin next week.were purchased from the US online for $1,200, and he was being sued for millions.

"Many other companies have been sued but nobody ever took it this far … how could they trademark something uniquely Australian?" he said. "They don't even make their boots in Australia, they make them in China, and yet they're here trying to close down all manufacturers in Australia."

He's not in SA being an election pest. Silverlining

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