All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 13
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Boots Opticians has been sanctioned by the General Optical Council...
Boots Opticians has been sanctioned by the General Optical Council (GOC) in the U.K. for unsubstantiated claims about its blue light filtering lenses. In a decision published on May 26, the health and social care regulator found that there was potential for patients to be misled by a commercial that ...
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Lyn Brodie has been selected as the new chief executive...
Lyn Brodie has been selected as the new chief executive of Optomestry Australia, after a long executive search, replacing Genevieve Quilty
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The decision on the legal dispute opposing Logo's employees and...
The decision on the legal dispute opposing Logo's employees and Lvmh, which was due on May 30, has been delayed by the High Court of Paris to July 4. Logo, the French maker of glasses signed by Tag Heuer, owned by Lvmh, was forced into liquidation in November 2016. The ...
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Meeting in Rome on May 4, Euromcontact, the European contact...
Meeting in Rome on May 4, Euromcontact, the European contact lens industry association, elected Nicoletta Losi as its new president for a renewable mandate of two years. The Italian optometrist is the professional affairs director of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care for Italy and Iberia. As a former president of ...
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The “Made in Italy” label is being proposed again by...
The “Made in Italy” label is being proposed again by the Italian government to identify products that are effectively made in country, from food to jewelry, fashion and other areas, in order to distinguish the genuine item from Italian-sounding clones. The brand would be applied on a voluntary basis to ...
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CooperVision has become the first major contact lens company to...
CooperVision has become the first major contact lens company to have joined the Vision Council of the U.S.
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A group of 78 employees of Logo Eyewear have lodged...
A group of 78 employees of Logo Eyewear have lodged a judicial complaint in a Paris court against LVMH, claiming that it was responsible for the judicial liquidation last November of the French company. They are asking for €100,000 worth damages and interest for each of them, arguing that LVMH ...
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The Think About Your Eyes campaign has announced the milestone...
The Think About Your Eyes campaign has announced the milestone of more than 1.15 million exams that can be attributed directly to the campaign's advertising. The figure, which has been validated by The Vision Council's VisionWatch market research team, represents a significant increase from 828,000 in 2015. The patients who ...
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Eric Lefort, general manager of Marchon France, has been appointed...
Eric Lefort, general manager of Marchon France, has been appointed president of Sidol, the French association of eyewear importers and distributors, which has 32 member companies. Lefort, a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of experience in the industry, had been vice president of the association for many years. ...
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Under the growing pressure of regulatory changes, private health insurance...
Under the growing pressure of regulatory changes, private health insurance companies and consumers' associations, French opticians have created a new lobbying body called Rof (Rassemblement des Opticiens de France). The new organization wants to stand as the most representative association of opticians in a fragmented market by January 2018. Most ...
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About 180 frames of Kinto's “Lab! by Kinto” collection of...
About 180 frames of Kinto's “Lab! by Kinto” collection of frames with a value of €40,000 were stolen during the Opti show in Munich last month. On the last night of the show, thieves forced the locks and stole the complete new collection as well as the most expensive Kinto models. ...
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Bausch + Lomb has announced that it has won its...
Bausch + Lomb has announced that it has won its patent infringement lawsuit with Vitamin Health in a U.S. District Court. In the lawsuit, which was filed in September 2013, among other claims, Bausch + Lomb accused Vitamin Health of infringing certain Bausch + Lomb's U.S. patents covering PreserVision AREDS ...
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The Vision Council has appointed Mitch Barkley to the position...
The Vision Council has appointed Mitch Barkley to the position of vice president of Trade Shows and Meetings. The position was previously held by Ashley Mills who was promoted chief executive as reported previously (Eyewear Intelligence – Vol. 17 n°14,15). Barkley joined the organization in January 2016 as the liaison to the Eyewear and ...
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The Vision Council has appointed its new board members and...
The Vision Council has appointed its new board members and officers. Mike Hundert, chief executive and chief creative officer of De Rigo Rem, has been elected as the new chairman of the board. Marty Bassett of Walman Optical is now the immediate past chairman. Ken Bradley of Eschenbach Optik is ...
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Susan J. Chiles has been picked to be the new...
Susan J. Chiles has been picked to be the new managing director of the World Council of Optometry (WCO). She comes with more than 20 years of experience in corporate marketing, communications and brand management. She has been most recently the marketing communication manager in the affiliate relations and membership ...
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Valeant Pharmaceutical has agreed to divest Paragon Holdings after its...
Valeant Pharmaceutical has agreed to divest Paragon Holdings after its acquisition was challenged by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Both Valeant and Paragon make polymer discs used in the manufacture of rigid gas permeable contact lenses. Paragon's business will be sold to a new company led by Joe Sicari, former ...
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The Spanish authorities have dismantled one of the main hubs...
The Spanish authorities have dismantled one of the main hubs in the European Union for the distribution of counterfeit goods. The international gang operated in and around La Jonquera, in northeastern Spain, close to the French border. The Spanish police, which was assisted in the operation by Europol, said in ...
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The Vision Council has committed to contribute $3 million to...
The Vision Council has committed to contribute $3 million to the Think About Your Eyes campaign in 2017, as compared to a contribution of $500,000 by the trade association in 2016. The increase was driven by the success of the campaign, which in 2015 alone resulted in nearly one million ...
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The London-based Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) has appointed Andy...
The London-based Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) has appointed Andy Yorke as its new chairman. Yorke, who is the managing director of Topcon Medical, has more than 35 years of experience in the U.K. ophthalmic industry and optical profession. He is a past president of the British Contact Lens Association ...
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The Optical Confederation (OC) of the U.K.has announced that its...
The Optical Confederation (OC) of the U.K.has announced that its chairman, Chris Hunt, has stepped down at the end of his two-year tenure, which ended on Oct. 23. The OC represents 13,000 optometrists, 6,000 dispensing opticians and 7,000 optical businesses in the U.K. An internal review will now consider how ...
