All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 11
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Aspex Eyewear has agreed to pay a financial settlement to...
Aspex Eyewear has agreed to pay a financial settlement to VSP Global to set aside their disputes, and the Canadian firm will be reinstated as an in-network frame provider under VSP's insurance policies. This brings to a close a series of lawsuits and countersuits pitting Aspex against VSP, Marchon Eyewear, ...
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Bento Alcofrado announced his resignation and president of Abióptica, the...
Bento Alcofrado announced his resignation and president of Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear industry association, just before the start of its annual fair in São Paulo, which has been renamed Expo Optical Brasil Open because it is now open to non-members. Alcofrado has been running the association for 13 years. The ...
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Italian brands could be subject to new restraints. La Lega,...
Italian brands could be subject to new restraints. La Lega, one of the two ruling Italian political parties, has proposed a bill in the Italian Parliament which, if signed into law, would apply new restrictions to brands defined as historic – that is, to “national manufacturing firms of excellence with ...
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The Opticians Association of Canada (OAC) has announced that Pat...
The Opticians Association of Canada (OAC) has announced that Pat Dobbyn has retired, after nearly 30 years with the organization. Dobbyn had been with the OAC since the beginning in 1990. She began as receptionist and later played different roles, moving into senior manager of membership services, finances and Vision ...
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The new chief executive and registrar at the General Optical...
The new chief executive and registrar at the General Optical Council (GOC) is Lesley Longstone, who has been with the U.K. regulator in an interim role since last year
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The U.K.'s Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (Fodo) is...
The U.K.'s Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (Fodo) is changing its management. Harjit Sandhu is to be the association's first-ever managing director, and David Hewlett, the current chief executive, is becoming director of leadership, transformation and strategic partnerships. Sandhu was previously director of policy and strategy at the National ...
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The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association (AOA) have...
The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association (AOA) have announced this year's plans for their ongoing U.S. marketing campaign, “Think About Your Eyes,” to raise awareness of the need to schedule eye exams annually. The campaign relies mostly on advertisements, both on television and online. A notable addition this ...
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Jill Kemp will retire in April as head of operations...
Jill Kemp will retire in April as head of operations at the ABDO College after four years in the job. She will be replaced by Steve Hertz, who has been a member of the operations department for a year. Based in Godmersham, Kent, the college was created in 2001 by ...
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Oakley, the California-based eyewear maker and subsidiary of Luxottica, has...
Oakley, the California-based eyewear maker and subsidiary of Luxottica, has filed a lawsuit in Illinois District Court against Third Coast Products. Based in Chicago, Third Coast owns the iLumen8 brand of eyewear, flashlights and magnifying glasses. Oakley is alleging that the iLumen8 UV safety glasses infringe on one of its ...
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Johnson & Johnson has joined the Singapore National Eye Centre...
Johnson & Johnson has joined the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) and its Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), to establish a three-year, $26 million research program into the nature, treatment, prediction and prevention of myopia. Calling the condition the 21st century's greatest threat to the human eye, the three collaborating ...
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced the postponement...
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced the postponement of a third batch of increases in duties on Chinese imports. The increase in duties from 10 percent to 25 percent on a third tranche of Chinese goods was pushed backed to March 2, 2019 from Jan.1. Eyeglass cases and ...
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Vision Direct, the online retailer of contact lenses bought by...
Vision Direct, the online retailer of contact lenses bought by Essilor in 2016, announced on Nov. 19 on its website that the personal and financial details of some of its customers had been stolen, adding that the breach had been resolved. It said that it had taken the necessary steps ...
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The Vision Council has announced an updated Version 3.12 of...
The Vision Council has announced an updated Version 3.12 of the DCS standard for data exchanges between manufacturers of optical lab equipment and software for the production of ophthalmic lenses. The new standard, which is regarded by the American association as a de facto global standard (ISO 16284), includes added ...
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Josef May, chief executive of Silhouette Germany, was re-elected chairman...
Josef May, chief executive of Silhouette Germany, was re-elected chairman of Spectaris during the general meeting of the German optical industry association on Sept. 13. May has been chairman of Spectaris since 2007 and will remain president for the next two years. He will also be leading Spectaris' consumer-optics specialist ...
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The International Opticians Association (IOA) has announced the re-election of...
The International Opticians Association (IOA) has announced the re-election of Fiona Anderson as its president. Anderson, who is the former president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), will serve a further two-year mandate as president of the IOA. She was elected alongside Donald Crichton, the president of the ...
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The Vision Council of the U.S. has appointed David Pierson...
The Vision Council of the U.S. has appointed David Pierson to be the staff liaison with its recently created optical retail division, which already counts more than 30 retail companies of various sizes. It has elected James Rosin as vice chairman and Stuart Jolly as vice chairman of the division. ...
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Two graffiti artists have sued Oakley for using images of...
Two graffiti artists have sued Oakley for using images of the outdoor murals that they created in San Francisco in a marketing campaign without their knowledge or consent. The murals were reproduced in stores and in advertising material, adding Oakley's logos and taking off the signatures of the two artists, ...
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Novartis, the Italian Ophthalmology Society (SOI) and Cottino Foundation are...
Novartis, the Italian Ophthalmology Society (SOI) and Cottino Foundation are the promoters of H40 - Hackathon for Ophthalmology, a collaborative initiative to boost innovation in the development of solutions for visually impaired and blind people. During a 48-hour marathon, small interdisciplinary teams made up of doctors, developers, students, patients and ...
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The General Optical Council of the U.K. has launched an...
The General Optical Council of the U.K. has launched an online consultation among opticians, optometrists, patients and other stakeholders to develop a new set of standards for the sector, replacing the GOC's current Code of Conduct. The consultation is due to be closed at the end of August to enable ...
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During the latest Optrafair show in Birmingham, Clive Marchant was...
During the latest Optrafair show in Birmingham, Clive Marchant was inaugurated as the new president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO). Marchant is a contact lens optician and director of the Colin Lee group that has seven practices in the West Midlands and Staffordshire. He takes over from ...
