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France is not the only country where opticians are said...
France is not the only country where opticians are said to be making windfall profits. ZVA, the German optical retailers' federation, has criticized a highly publicized article in a leading German magazine, Der Stern, which suggests that some opticians are overcharging their customers. It alleges that they generate gross margins ...
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Ocuco has filed a new request with the U.S. Patent...
Ocuco has filed a new request with the U.S. Patent Office in relation to technological claims for the development of back-surface free-form progressive lenses. The company had already asked to review a patent by Seiko Epson. This time it is questioning the patent numbered 6,078,713 obtained by Carl Zeiss Vision ...
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The French Senate passed new guidelines on July 24 for...
The French Senate passed new guidelines on July 24 for the reimbursement of eye care expenses by the mutual insurance funds as a complement to those of the social security system, authorizing them to choose the opticians that they want to work with. Some of the guidelines must still be ...
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Google has started an administrative procedure against Glass Up, an...
Google has started an administrative procedure against Glass Up, an Italian start-up based in Modena, over the use of the “Glass Up” brand name, which the American giant considers to be too similar to the name of its own Google Glass product. The Glass Up device, created in 2011 by ...
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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 ...
