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Three men were arrested and more than 1.8 million counterfeit...
Three men were arrested and more than 1.8 million counterfeit colored contact lenses were seized in a raid near Shanghai last month. Police received an anonymous tip and discovered a workshop, warehouse and sales office, all operating without permits. It is believed that the men had been making millions of ...
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The International 3D Society and the 3D@Home Consortium have merged...
The International 3D Society and the 3D@Home Consortium have merged to form the International 3D Society & 3D@Home. The merger is intended to better serve the theatrical, TV, video game and mobile 3D marketplace and professional community, to push the expansion of the 3D entertainment industry in all channels. More ...
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Sony has filed for a U.S. patent for a new...
Sony has filed for a U.S. patent for a new smart eyeglass system that lets users capture and share information with other people who are wearing the same glasses. The patent application says that wearers can look at each other and transmit the information to the other's display panels, like ...
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Bausch + Lomb obtained the approval of the U.S. Food...
Bausch + Lomb obtained the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Biotrue ONEday, allowing its introduction in the U.S. market The brand is a daily disposable lens made from HyperGel, an innovative material featuring characteristics of both conventional hydrogels and silicone hydrogels. Biotrue ONEday was launched in ...
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Safilo announced that it has signed a solidarity agreement with...
Safilo announced that it has signed a solidarity agreement with the unions to settle the issue of staff redundancies following the non-renewal of the Armani license in May. The agreement, which fully reproduces the contents of the preliminary agreement signed in mid-June, provides more details on the organization of work ...
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The Greek government has liberalized the optical retail trade, as...
The Greek government has liberalized the optical retail trade, as well as other forms of retailing. It will no longer be necessary for the owner of optical retail store to be a certified optometrist, and he or she will be able to manage more than one store.
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The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians, based in London,...
The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians, based in London, has set up its own operations specifically for Ireland after members there clamored for expanded service. FODO Ireland will help the corporate sector there expand and adapt to future changes. It will lobby for members, offer support solutions and promote ...
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Hoya Surgical Optics has gotten approval from the U.S. Food...
Hoya Surgical Optics has gotten approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell two models of clear foldable hydrophobic acrylic-optic aspheric intraocular lenses commercially in the U.S. They are the iSymm intraocular lens and the preloaded iSert intraocular lens.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved CooperVision's Avaira...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved CooperVision's Avaira Toric two-week silicone hydrogel contact lenses for astigmatism; they should be available for distribution in May
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Transitions Optical was one of the 27 companies to win...
Transitions Optical was one of the 27 companies to win a Gallup Great Workplace Award in 2012. A panel of workplace experts evaluates companies based on how they engage their employees.
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The Swiss optician Marc-Etienne Berdoz has asked a court to...
The Swiss optician Marc-Etienne Berdoz has asked a court to order the television channel TSR to remove from its website the findings of an inquiry that ranked Berdoz Optic fifth among the best-priced opticians in the country. The Swiss newspaper 24 Heures reports that Berdoz argued that the whole purpose ...
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Signet Armorlite's license agreement with Kodak will remain intact, despite...
Signet Armorlite's license agreement with Kodak will remain intact, despite the recent announcement that Eastman Kodak has declared bankruptcy. Essilor of America, Signet Armorlite's parent company, told VMail that it will continue to produce, distribute and sell Kodak Lens products. All of those activities are integrated into the operations of ...
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The Advertising Standards Authority in the U.K. has ruled that...
The Advertising Standards Authority in the U.K. has ruled that Specsavers must not air two national ads anymore. Both of the ads, out last year, urged customers to save a specific amount of money on contact lenses by switching from Boots to Specsavers. Boots complained, saying that Specsavers was citing ...
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Specsavers has said that it will not pass Ireland's 2...
Specsavers has said that it will not pass Ireland's 2 percent VAT hike on to its customers in the country, where it has 39 stores
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The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) in the U.K. has...
The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) in the U.K. has published a brochure listing all the benefits that members enjoy, including discounts on updated reports about the national and international standards that they must comply with
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The U.K. has closed a loophole in VAT regulations for...
The U.K. has closed a loophole in VAT regulations for products that come from the Channel Islands, which includes a small number of contact lenses destined for Boots Opticians. The chain has said that it will absorb any additional costs, however, keeping the prices for customers the same. Boots will ...
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A coalition of British groups including the College of Optometrists,...
A coalition of British groups including the College of Optometrists, the Optical Confederation and the Royal National Institute of Blind People has come up with a strategy designed to improve public eye health. The strategy, available at www.college-optometrists.org/opticalstrategy, includes training more ophthalmic public health experts, improving data and evidence for ...
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Since Dec. 10, cadmium, a bluish-white toxic metallic element related...
Since Dec. 10, cadmium, a bluish-white toxic metallic element related to zinc and sometimes found in zinc ore, will no longer be authorized in jewelry in the European Union above a level of 0.01 percent of the contents. The new regulation, UE 494/2011, does not specifically mention eyewear, but Certottica, ...
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CooperVision's recall of some lots of Avaira Toric contact lenses...
CooperVision's recall of some lots of Avaira Toric contact lenses has been expanded to include limited lots of Avaira Sphere lenses as well. CooperVision identified certain lots of the spheric lenses that did not meet its updated quality requirements due to the level of a silicone oil residue. The Avaira ...
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An appeals court in Paris has backed a previous court...
An appeals court in Paris has backed a previous court ruling that Aoyama has engaged in counterfeiting by selling eyeglasses under the Twin name, especially over the internet, and by registering the Twin brand name all over the European Union. The court confirmed the rights held on the Twin-FX 5 ...
