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The American Optometric Society (AOS) has been ordered to cease...
The American Optometric Society (AOS) has been ordered to cease operations and liquidate its assets following the conversion on July 18 by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Central District of California of its bankruptcy case from one under Chapter 11 to one under Chapter 7, as requested by a ...
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Vittorio Tabacchi, former president of Safilo, was reappointed president of...
Vittorio Tabacchi, former president of Safilo, was reappointed president of Eurom 1, the European federation of optical industries, for one more year. The decision was made at the annual meeting of the organization, which took place this time in the Berlin offices of Spectaris, the German optical industry association.
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Ocuco reports that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has...
Ocuco reports that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted its request to re-examine Seiko-Epson's U.S. Patent 6,019,470, which covers the invention of back-surface, freeform progressive lenses. The government body said on July 1 that Ocuco's request raises “a substantial new question of patentability” for the claims #1 to ...
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Companies from across the British optical industry have joined forces...
Companies from across the British optical industry have joined forces to create the Independent Practice Support Group, a forum that aims to address the decline of independent practices in the U.K. The new group, which includes Essilor, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Luxottica and Transitions, will run under the guidance ...
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Luxotttica has announced that it has signed an agreement with...
Luxotttica has announced that it has signed an agreement with the trade unions representing its Italian workers for the company's welfare system, which will apply to the 8,000-odd employees at its seven Italian manufacturing plants and at its Milan office. The Luxottica Welfare System was first established in 2009 with ...
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The Italian optical industry association, Anfao, re-elected Cirillo Marcolin as...
The Italian optical industry association, Anfao, re-elected Cirillo Marcolin as president of the association and of the Mido trade show through 2017 at Anfao's annual meeting, which was held a few days ago in Belluno. Marcolin, who has filled this role for the past two years, will work with a ...
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Focus-China, the Chinese trade magazine published by Jörg Spangemacher since...
Focus-China, the Chinese trade magazine published by Jörg Spangemacher since August 2011, can finally be published with its own certification. Until now, Focus-China was published as a free insert in a magazine of the Chinese standards government agency and therefore under the control of a different editorial office. The Chinese ...
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Thomsons Online Benefits, in alliances aimed at raising awareness of...
Thomsons Online Benefits, in alliances aimed at raising awareness of the importance of eye examinations and corrective eyewear as a program sponsored by employers in behalf of their staff. AOP and VSP will establish a user group to enable members of the VSP Neighbourhood Eyecare network to provide feedback and ...
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VSP Vision Care, the largest vision care insurance company in...
VSP Vision Care, the largest vision care insurance company in the U.S., has announced that it will expand its eyecare offerings to the U.K. by forming a company called VSP Neighborhood Eyecare, in line with its previous expansion into Australia and Canada under the same name. Jeremy Chadwick has been ...
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Zenni Optical has won a patent dispute with Aspex Eyewear...
Zenni Optical has won a patent dispute with Aspex Eyewear relating to the use of magnets to connect the bridges of eyeglasses and clip-on sunglasses. In 2002, Aspex sued Altair Eyewear, distributor of Tommy Bahama sunglasses, believing that Altair had been marketing and selling a magnetic clip-on sunglass product infringing their ...
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The Vision Council and the California Optical Laboratories Association (COLA)...
The Vision Council and the California Optical Laboratories Association (COLA) signed a definitive merger agreement on April 26, as announced in January. Under the terms of the agreement, COLA's current leadership will remain in place to ensure a smooth transition. COLA members will join The Vision Council as The California ...
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Last March 20, police in Punta Cana, in the Dominican...
Last March 20, police in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, found cocaine worth more than €20 million aboard a private Falcon jet owned by Alain Afflelou. Officials reportedly seized 26 suitcases packed with nearly 700 kg of the drug when they boarded the jet minutes before it was due ...
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Rodenstock has agreed to a cross-licensing agreement with Carl Zeiss...
Rodenstock has agreed to a cross-licensing agreement with Carl Zeiss Vision for patents covering some of their ophthalmic lens technologies, including Zeiss' back-surface free-from technology. Zeiss has already struck similar agreements with Essilor, Hoya, Indizen and Vision-Ease.
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Jobson Healthcare has set up a nonprofit foundation named for,...
Jobson Healthcare has set up a nonprofit foundation named for, and in honor of, Rick Bay, the publisher and president of Review of Optometry and Review of Ophthalmology who died in December. The Rick Bay Foundation for Excellence in Eyecare Education will provide scholarships to students in optometry and ophthalmology ...
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Alain Afflelou, the 64-year-old founder of the eponymous French-based chain...
Alain Afflelou, the 64-year-old founder of the eponymous French-based chain of franchised opticians, will be leaving France for Britain in a move that might be connected with the announcement by the French government of a 75 percent super-tax on revenues beyond €1 million. Other famous French millionaires and personalities announced ...
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All of Specsavers' joint venture companies (JVCs) must register with...
All of Specsavers' joint venture companies (JVCs) must register with the General Optical Council (GOC). As reported by Optician, the GOC in the U.K. opened an investigation after receiving a complaint about unregistered Specsavers' JVCs and subsequently made its policy on registration of corporate bodies clear to the multiple, triggering ...
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The Cooper Companies has announced its donation of $100,000 to Optometry Giving...
The Cooper Companies has announced its donation of $100,000 to Optometry Giving Sight in support of the 2012 World Sight Day Challenge. Employees at more than 30 locations worldwide participated in the fundraising campaign, organizing local activities for this purpose. To support its subsidiary CooperVision and the efforts of employees worldwide, The ...
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An optometrist in Singapore has been sentenced to pay a...
An optometrist in Singapore has been sentenced to pay a fine of US$30,000 for selling counterfeit contact lenses. Neo Teck Soon confessed that he sold 100 pairs of contact lenses that were wrongly marked with the brand name Freshlook Colorblends, which belongs to Novartis, parent company of Alcon and thus ...
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The internet portal for contact lenses managed by Spectaris, cl-portal.com,...
The internet portal for contact lenses managed by Spectaris, cl-portal.com, welcomed its 1,500th member earlier this month. The service portal of the German eyewear industry association gives registered opticians the opportunity to download up-to-date catalogs for contact lenses from various suppliers and to integrate them into their own software. Opticians ...
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Oakley is trying to stop the previously reported sponsorship deal...
Oakley is trying to stop the previously reported sponsorship deal between the golfer Rory McIlroy and Nike, suing them both for breach of contract. Oakley, a former sponsor of McIlroy, says that it tried to use its right of first refusal to match Nike's offer, but the golfer and his ...
