Press and Political Coverage

Below are links to stories that have featured articles on this issue.

• Canberra - City News - Love them or hate them, Uggs are here to stay - 1 February 2006
• Legalbrief Today - Australians can call sheepskin boots uggs  - 31 January 2006
• Blue Mountains Gazette - Aussies win Uggly battle -24  January 2006
• IP Australia - Ugg boots - January 2006
• CRA International - Rom Register of trademarks - Issue 306, 20 January 2006
• Catapult - Ugh trademark booted - 20 January 2006
• The Age - US Corporation may appeal "Ugg" ruling - 20 January 2006
• just-style.com - Deckers considers appeal against "Ugh-boot" ruling - 20 January 2006
• News.com.au - Company may launch 'Ugg' appeal - 20 January 2006
• Toowoomba - The Chronicle - Iconic "Ugg Boot" gets back its rightful name - 19 January 2006
• just-style.com - Local firm wins first round in ugg boot battle - 19 January 2006
• nzherald.co.nz - These boots are made for litigation - 19 January 2006
• Maitland Mercury - Boots and all - 19 January 2006
• Daily Liberal - Ugg returns to our boots - 19 January 2006
• Central Western Daily - Ugg boots return to the flock - 19 January 2006
• WA Business News - Locals win ugg boot fight - 19 January 2006
• Herald Sun - Yankees ugg gets boot - 18 January 2006
• The Daily Telegraph - Uggs are ours - 18 January 2006
• The Courier Mail - Aussies win legal uggfest - 18 January 2006
• The West Australian - Locals give US giant the boot in ugg battle - 18 January 2006
• The Australian - Uggs give Americans the boot - 18 January 2006
• Sydney Morning Herald - Sheepskin bootmakers win ugly - 18 January 2006
• United Press International - Australians can call their boots "uggs" - 18 January 2006
• The Border Mail - Australian retailer wins back ugg name - 18 January 2006
• News.com.au - Aussies reclaim the ugg boot - 18 January 2006
• The Independent (UK) - Ugg: How a minnow put the boot into a fashion giant - 18 January 2006
• M6.fr - Capital - La folie des bottes made in Australia - 20 February 2005
• Magnetic Island News - Save the Ozzie ugg - 9 February 2005
• Daily Liberal - Sales Step Up - 27 October 2004
• ABC - The World Today - Talkback - Unions split over Tasmanian Forests - 07 October 2004
• The Sunday Mail - Boot price is getting uggly - 03 October 2004
• Daily Liberal - Vaile cushions ugg boot naming blow - 17 August 2004
• ABC Western Plains - FTA on agenda as minister visits boot makers - 16 August 2004
• Daily Liberal - Minister talks to get 'uggly' - 16 August 2004
• NEOVOX  - Battle for an Australian Icon 
• Sydney Morning Herald (Spike) - Group hug for the ugh - 10 May 2004
• Sydney Morning Herald (Online) - MP's sink the (ugh) boot in - 7 May 2004
• Vogue Daily News - The ugg fight - 7 May 2004
• The Age - Ugg lovers fight back -  6 May 2004
• Business Report - It's not just the boots that are ugly -  6 May 2004
• ABC - South Coast WA - Should you be seen in ugg boots... - 15 April 2004
• Central Western Daily - Ugg-ly battle over name ownership - 30 March 2004
• Lawyers Weekly - Ugg on Aussie, ugg on, ugg on - 26 March 2004
• ABC News Online - Ugg fund aims to give Deckers the boot - 20 March 2004
• Sydney Morning Herald - Putting the boots in - 19 March 2004
• Sharryn Jackson MP - Australian Sheepskin Association - 8 March 2004
• Today - Ugg Thuggery - 20 February 2004 (not available online)
• BBC News UK Edition - Aussie boot battle takes an Uggly turn - 19 Feb 2004
• Wellington Times - How our boots lost their 'ugg' - 18 February 2004
• Bob Baldwin MP - Trade: Ugg Boots Parliamentary Speech - 17 Feb 2004
• UK Independent News - There's no business like shoe business - 17 Feb 2004
• The Sunday Mail - Culture Shock - 15 February 2004
• The Age - Ugg Boot Makers Battle US Giant - 13 February 2004
• The Herald (UK) - US puts the boots into Oz - 11 February 2004
• Sharryn Jackson MP - Trade: Ugh Boots Parliamentary Speech - 11 Feb 2004
• The Northern Daily Leader - Taminda company to take... - 9 February 2004 
• Australian Politics - Free Trade? Humbug! - 9 February 2004
• Michael Organ MP - Free Trade? Humbug! - 9 February 2004
• Today Tonight - Ugg boot boycott - 28 January 2004
• Blue Mountains Gazette - Boot war turns uggly - 28 January 2004
• The Herald - Dash for booty spurs uggly war with ugg boots - 28 January 2004
• ABC Western Plains NSW - Ugg gets the boot! - 27 January 2004
• The Sunday Telegraph - Charity sued over ugg boot name - 25 January 2004
• Bob Baldwin MP - Uggly scenario for aussie icons - 23 January 2004
• The Australian - US ugg boot claim 'insulting' - 23 January 2004
• The Age - Ugly ugg boot row brews - 23 January 2004
• Today Tonight - End of the Aussie ugg? - 23 January 2004
• The Herald Sun - Ugg boot Yanked - 23 January 2004
• A Current Affair - Ugg Boots: their citizenship under threat? - 21 January 2004

'Deckers' Update

• Motley Fool - Deckers' Ugg-ly Valuation - 15 April 2004
• Deckers Outdoor Corporation Announces It Has Signed
  a License Agreement for Ugg Handbags and Small Leather Goods

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