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| There are different claims to the origins of the ugg boot style. Artisanal sheepskin boots were known in rural Australia during the 1920s, |
There are different claims to the origins of the ugg boot style. Artisanal sheepskin boots were known in rural Australia during the 1920s,<ref name="terry2008p188" /> and were reportedly worn by ] as they found them resistant to ], which would rot their ordinary boots. However, the date of commercial manufacturing began remains unclear.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} The boots were reportedly being manufactured in 1933 by Blue Mountains Ugg Boots of New South Wales.<ref name="Gee2004-01-23" /> Frank Mortel of Mortels Sheepskin Factory has stated that he began manufacturing the boots in the late 1950s.<ref name="CCE2004-03-09" /><ref name=Marks>{{cite news|last=Marks|first=Kathy|title=These boots are made for litigation|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10364327 |accessdate=5 September 2012|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)|date=19 January 2006}}</ref> Surfer Shane Stedman of Australia has stated in interviews that he invented the ugg boot.<ref name=SydneyMorningHerald>{{cite news|title=Ugg inventor Shane Stedman happy to trade dollars for surf|url=http://www.news.com.au/world/ugg-man-happy-to-trade-dollars-for-surf/story-e6frfkyi-1226006046295|accessdate=5 September 2012|newspaper=News.com.au, originally reported by ''Sydney Morning Herald''|date=15 February 2011}}</ref> Perth sheepskin boot manufacturers Bruce and Bronwyn McDougall of ] have manufactured the boots since the late 1970s.<ref name=NFSA>{{cite web|title=The Good, The Bad and The Ugg Boot|url=http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/the-good-bad-and-the-ugg-boot/clip1/?nojs|work=2006|publisher=Australian Screen, National Film and Sound Archive|accessdate=5 September 2012}}</ref> | ||
| The origin of the term "ugg" is also unclear. Stedman registered the trademark "UGH-BOOTS" in Australia in 1971, and in 1982 registered the "UGH" trademark.<ref name=IPAustralia>{{citation|title=IP Australia Ugg Boot Fact Sheet|year=2006|publisher=Government of Australia, IP Australia}}</ref> Frank Mortel claims that he named his company's sheepskin boots "ugg boots" in 1958 after his wife commented that the first pair he made were "ugly."<ref name="Hansard" /><ref name="Marks2004-02-17" /><ref name="Marks2006-01-19" /> Some accounts have suggested that the term grew out of earlier variations, such as the "fug boots" worn by ] ] pilots during ].<ref>{{cite news | date = 9 March 2004 | title = What's in a name? | work = Central Coast Express | page = 20 }}</ref> | |||
| There is a classic quote which describes this 'ugg boot war'. ***A LIE CARRIES SPEED BUT THE TRUTH HAS ENDURANCE*** | |||
| The 1970s saw the emergence of advertising using the UGG and UGH terms both in trade names and as a generic term in Australia.<ref | |||
| There is a real war going on with the history of the ugg boot, being manipulated by big corporate business and fraudsters but this is the true ‘Ugg Boot’ story . These outrageous claims to the origins of the ugg boot from the use of the 9G ‘fug’ boots warn by aviators in WWI to claims by Blue Mountain Uggs saying they were making them in 1933. Mortels Sheep Skin Tannery also claiming they were making ugg boots in the late 1950’s. But there are no business records showing this until much later in the 1980's. Shane Stedman claims he invented the ugg boot but there are many people in Australia that know this to be a fraudulent claim. There was a campaign that started suggesting that ‘ugg boots’ derived from the 9G WWI aviator boots. For starters, the 9G aviator boots are made with leather and a fleece lining. Ugg boots are made using 100% sheep skin and the ‘ugg’ name was simply an abbreviation of the word ‘ugly’. But it is being discovered that these claims from Stedman, Blue Mountain Uggs and Mortels are all fraudulent history claims and have been misleading people around the world for almost 30 years. There were nothing around like this until 1962 and the very first record of ‘Ugg’ being registered anywhere in the world was by John Arnold in 1971. The Spencer family have never advertised their part in the creation of the 'ugg boot', relying on the word of mouth of their loyal customers, some people have been 50+ year customers which out dates any of the claims made by Stedman and Mortels, until now because of big business trying to squeeze out small business and the amount of fraudulent claims being discovered over the internet. The lies have gone too far and Charlie Spencer and John Arnold deserve the recognition for creating an Australian icon. This information is being suppressed on Misplaced Pages by these claimants who do not want people to know the truth about the origins of the ‘ugg boot’ but we will be working hard to get the truth out there. Graeme Spencer, son of Charlie Spencer, with the support from other Australian 'ugg boot' manufacturers are going to be working very hard with media to get the truth out there and turn the tables on these fraudsters. We will start a discussion page for people to leave comments on this subject soon when we work out how. | |||
| name="Thompson" /> The '']'' of the Australian language first included a definition for "ugg boot" as a generic term for sheepskin boots in its 1981 edition.<ref name=NFSA/> (After Stedman complained to the editors of Macquarie, a trademark notation was added to subsequent editions indicating that "UGH" was a trade mark).<ref name=Thompson>{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Ian|title=Decision of a Delegate of the Registrar of Trade Marks with Reasons|url=http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pdfs/trademarks/hearings/245662_060116.pdf|work=16 January 2006|publisher=IP Australia|accessdate=20 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729001425/http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pdfs/trademarks/hearings/245662_060116.pdf|archivedate=29 July 2008|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
| In the 1970s, ugg boots became popular among competitive ]s.<ref name=NFSA/><ref name="Marks2004-02-17" /><ref name="Burgess2008-07-12pA17" /> After ]s in ] banned ugg boots and ripped ], the footwear became somewhat popular in the youth market as a sign of rebellion.<ref> ] 14 February 2011</ref> Sheepskin footwear accounts for around 10 percent of footwear production in Australia.<ref name="McAllister"/> | |||
| The True Ugg Boot History - Charlie Spencer, a WWII veteran and surgical shoe maker by trade had started to manufacture sheepskin buff pads for crash repairers and floor polishers in the late 1950’s early 1960’s under registered business name ‘Re-nu Pads’, when he decided he would use some of his patterns and the sheep skin material to make a pair of boots for his daughter Sandra to keep her feet warm. These first sheep skin boots were definitely not glamorous and did not even have soles. They had 2 panels of sheep skin sewn together to form a boot and had a double-leather sole sewed into the sheepskin. They were rough as there wasn’t a lot of choice in the way of available sheep skin at the time but they served their purpose….warm feet. The sheepskin boot had been created and it did not take long for the word to get out to the public. For many years people around Australia knew the only place to get these sheepskin creations were out of Charlie Spencer’s back shed, first in Cowandilla, Adelaide and then soon after at Harvey Avenue, Netley in Adelaide South Australia. There was nowhere else in the world that had these and those who were lucky enough to hear the news would come from everywhere to purchase Charlie’s sheepskin boots. | |||
| They were never firstly intended to be worn outside but Australians loved them so much they would wear them everywhere. Charlie was always doing repairs on his customer’s boots weather it was re-stitching or sewing on a new sole. His most loyal customers were the Australian surfers who came from everywhere to purchase a pair of Charlie Spencer’s sheep skin boots to slap on after surfing. | |||
| That was until Charlie Spencer was introduced to John Arnold in the mid-1960's and Charlie was given the opportunity to supply John Arnolds surf shops in Adelaide with his sheep skin boots. John Arnold applied the first sole to the boots. This consisted of a flat rubber sole glued onto the leather sole of the boot and a rubber heel cut out and glued. A customer came into John's surf shop and commented 'these are the ugliest boots I've ever seen' and he came up with the name 'Ugg-ly Boots'. John Arnold soon thought they couldn’t keep calling them ‘Ugg-ly Boots’ and he came up with the abbreviated name ‘Ugg Boots’ in the late 1960's. This Australian icon had well and truly made its mark by this time and he knew he had to do something with registration because people were coming from everywhere around the world. Australian business records show the name ‘Ugg Boot’ was first registered in Australia by John Arnold in 1971. 9 years after the first sheepskin boot was created in Charlie Spencer's back shed. | |||
| Where Shane Stedman from Sydney comes into the fold is where the ‘Ugg Boot’ business gets ugly and there has been much research done on the legitimacy of his claims, which from this research have been found to be fraud, taking pieces of the Spencer story and claiming it for his own. Shane Stedman had told Sydney newspapers about his 'ugg boot' discovery in South Australia in that back shed. Ten years later he is telling papers he was the inventor of the 'ugg boot'. People have also said there is a connection between Shane Stedman and Mortels. Mortels also claim the story taking pieces of the truth from Charlie Spencer's story. | |||
| There was a surfing competition in South Australia which Shane Stedman attended and all the eastern Australian surfers were astounded by all these South and Western Australian surfers wearing these boots made out of sheep skin. They all had on their feet Charlie Spencer’s sheep skin boots. Shane Stedman, along with renowned Australian surfer Nat Young inquired about these and found that a man called Charlie Spencer was manufacturing these out of his back shed in Netley. Brad Spencer, Charlie’s son and known surfer around local Adelaide introduced Nat Young and Shane Stedman to his father, Charlie as he was manufacturing ‘Ugg Boots’ out of his back shed in Harvey Ave, Netley. They asked Charlie if he could fulfill an order of 300+ boots. Unfortunately Charlie was just a one man band and he was happy just supplying John Arnold so he turned down the offer. So Shane and Nat bought 2 pair of ugg boots and off they went. There was talk about Nat’s Size 12 feet that Charlie had to fit in this meeting. Unique facts like this are important to this story. | |||
| It was never Charlie and John’s intention to trademark ‘Ugg Boots’ having created an Australian icon like ‘thongs and flip-flops’. They were just happy with supplying the locals. It was only supposed to become a generic name as back yard ‘ugg boot’ manufacturers were popping up everywhere in Australia taking the world by storm. But opportunists had other ideas spreading outrageous claims to the origins of the ‘Ugg Boot’. Stedman was one of these opportunists having taken the 'ugg boots' he bought from Charlie, taken these apart to copy the patterns, and started to publicise he invented the ugg boot. You can’t argue with Australian business registrar records though. The records then show a Stedman registering the name ‘Ugh Boot’ later in 1971. There is no registration of ‘Ugg’ by Mortels or Blue Mountain. There is a record of Brian Smith who registered ‘Ugg’ in the US in 1985. This is the registration that Deckers, an American footwear company wanted along with the Australian registration that John Arnold’s owned. Once Shane Stedman had the ‘ugg boot’ pattern he proceeded to travel around selling Charlie’s invention. Mortels in NSW was one of these businesses he sold the pattern to in the 1980's. Then because these players knew that these boots were being made out of a back shed they decided to completely rip-off Charlie’s story, travelling the world and telling Newspapers their fraudulent claims. We will be working with the ACCC to prove these claims are complete fraud and have been defrauding the world with their claims for many years now. | |||
| How American company Deckers received the 'ugg boot’ registration is quite astounding and an example of big business destroying small business in Australia. John Arnolds started a business in Lonsdale, South Australia called ‘Golden Breed’, manufacturing these ’Hawaiian style’ shirts and franchised these to Deckers in the US. John Arnold had run into financial difficulty and cutting a long story short, handed them the ‘ugg’ registration in a business deal. Deckers started an ‘ugg boot’ manufacturing plant in Adelaide but did not take long for them to take our Australian icon and set-up in China. They have been misleading consumers for years, calling their 'ugg boot' brand ‘Australian Ugg Boots’ when they are all cheaply made in China. Deckers have then gone on to sue manufacturers around the world for using the term ‘ugg’ on their product. Australian manufacturers of ‘Ugg Boots’ with the help of the Australian government have made the term ‘Ugg’ generic in Australia and are working on making this a generic term around the world. | |||
| The only person that is not plugging this for financial gain is Graeme Spencer trading under business name, ‘Huggys Ugg Boots’ in Adelaide, South Australia. He just wants his father Charlie to get the recognition he deserves for creating an Australian icon. Graeme bought the family business and is still manufacturing his father Charlie’s creation today. Graeme still has loyal customers from the early days, over 50 years ago. There have been a few improvements over the years but most of all they are top quality using the best quality sheep skin available. | |||
| This information will keep being deleted but we want people to know the truth so we will keep posting as more and more evidence comes into light. | |||
| ===International sales=== | ===International sales=== | ||
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This article is about a style of footwear. Not to be confused with Sheepskin boots. For the American brand known as "UGG", see UGG (brand).
Ugg boots are a unisex style of sheepskin boot originating in Australia and New Zealand. The boots are typically made of twin-faced sheepskin with fleece on the inside, a tanned outer surface and a synthetic sole. The term, ugg boots, originated from Australia, initially for utilitarian footwear worn for warmth, and which were often worn by surfers during the 1960s. In the 1970s, the boots were introduced to the surf culture of the United Kingdom and the United States. Sheepskin boots became a fashion trend in the U.S. in the late 1990s and as a worldwide trend in the mid-2000s. In Australia, they are worn predominantly as slippers and often associated with "daggy" fashion sense and "bogan" culture.
Prior legal disputes between some manufacturers of sheepskin boots arose as to distinguish whether "ugg" is a protected trademark, or a generic term and thus ineligible for trademark protection. There are more than 70 registered trademarks that include the term "ugg" in various logos and designs in Australia and New Zealand, as the term is considered a generic reference to a type of shoe. Outside Australia and New Zealand, UGG is a brand manufactured by the California-based Deckers Outdoor Corporation, with most of its manufacturing based in China and with registered trademarks in over 130 countries worldwide including the US, UK, Canada, all European Union members, and China.
A noteworthy manufacturer in Australia and New Zealand is the Luda Productions of Australia, which has roughly 75% of the market share in Australia; EMU Australia; Euram Ugg; Blue Mountains Ugg Boots; Original UGG Boots; Mortels Sheepskin Factory; Bearpaw; Uggs-N-Rugs; Binder Corporation and Westhaven Industries. Deckers is the leading manufacturer of the footwear style outside Australia. By 2010, worldwide sales by Australian manufacturers combined equaled 5.9% of Deckers UGG boots sales, with UGG dominating the world market.
History
There are different claims to the origins of the ugg boot style. Artisanal sheepskin boots were known in rural Australia during the 1920s, and were reportedly worn by shearers as they found them resistant to wool yolk, which would rot their ordinary boots. However, the date of commercial manufacturing began remains unclear. The boots were reportedly being manufactured in 1933 by Blue Mountains Ugg Boots of New South Wales. Frank Mortel of Mortels Sheepskin Factory has stated that he began manufacturing the boots in the late 1950s. Surfer Shane Stedman of Australia has stated in interviews that he invented the ugg boot. Perth sheepskin boot manufacturers Bruce and Bronwyn McDougall of Uggs-N-Rugs have manufactured the boots since the late 1970s.
The origin of the term "ugg" is also unclear. Stedman registered the trademark "UGH-BOOTS" in Australia in 1971, and in 1982 registered the "UGH" trademark. Frank Mortel claims that he named his company's sheepskin boots "ugg boots" in 1958 after his wife commented that the first pair he made were "ugly." Some accounts have suggested that the term grew out of earlier variations, such as the "fug boots" worn by United Kingdom Royal Air Force pilots during World War I.
The 1970s saw the emergence of advertising using the UGG and UGH terms both in trade names and as a generic term in Australia. The Macquarie Dictionary of the Australian language first included a definition for "ugg boot" as a generic term for sheepskin boots in its 1981 edition. (After Stedman complained to the editors of Macquarie, a trademark notation was added to subsequent editions indicating that "UGH" was a trade mark).
In the 1970s, ugg boots became popular among competitive surfers. After movie theatres in Sydney banned ugg boots and ripped jeans, the footwear became somewhat popular in the youth market as a sign of rebellion. Sheepskin footwear accounts for around 10 percent of footwear production in Australia.
International sales
Surfing helped popularise the boots outside Australia and New Zealand. Advertisements for Australian sheepskin boots first appeared in Californian surf magazines in 1970. By the mid-1970s, several surf shops in Santa Cruz, California and the San Fernando Valley were selling a limited number of boots purchased by the shops' owners while visiting surfing events in Australia. In 1978, a Western Australian manufacturer of sheepskin boots, Country Leather, advertised outside Australia for distributors to sell its sheepskin boots, which were made from sheepskin sourced from Jackson's Tannery in Geelong, Victoria. Seeing the popularity of the boots among American surfers, Australian surfer Brian Smith, then living in Santa Monica, California, bought boots from Country Leather but was unhappy with the brand and decided to register UGG as his own trademark. Family friends invested $20,000 into the new venture and the group set up Ugg Imports. Due to other business commitments, in 1979 Jensen handed over his share of the company to Smith. In 1987 Smith registered Ugg Holdings Inc. and in 1985 registered a U.S. trademark on a ram's head logo with the words "Original UGG Boot UGG Australia." In 1995, Ugg Holdings purchased Stedman's various trademarks. As for the ugg name, Smith stated: "We always called them uggs, long before it was trademarked."
Shoe manufacturer Hide & Feet in Newquay, Cornwall began manufacturing sheepskin boots in 1973, and in 1990 Nick Whitworth and his wife Kath bought the business and registered "UGG" as a trade mark in the UK. Due to increasing popularity and sales, in 1991 the company changed its name to "The Original Ugg Co." In 1999, Whitworth sold the company name and the British UGG trade mark to Deckers Outdoor Corporation, renaming his company the Celtic Sheepskin Company.
By 1994, UGG boots had grown in status among surfers in California with 80% of sales in southern Orange County where Ugg Holdings saw an increase in sales of 60 percent on the previous season. Smith's UGG boots gained international exposure when they were worn by the U.S. Olympic team in Lillehammer for the 1994 Winter Olympics. Australian manufacturers also saw an increase in exports of sheepskin boots to the United States, although Ugg Holdings retained an estimated 80% market share. By the end of the year, Country Leather had opened its own shop in Redondo Beach to promote an expansion of the brand from its established surf market into mainstream footwear sales and Ugg Holdings began sourcing UGG boots directly from Jackson's Tannery, which had changed its name to EMU Australia. In early 1995, Smith promoted the UGG AUSTRALIA brand on the Rush Limbaugh show, which spurred sales while the brand gained further exposure when the San Diego Chargers started wearing them. According to retailers, it was not just the footwear that attracted consumers, but the "made in Australia" tie-in as the boots were a unique product only available from Australia and Australian products were at that time very popular. In August 1995, Smith sold Ugg Holdings to Deckers Outdoor Corporation for $14.6 million. In 1996 Deckers registered the various trademarks for "UGG" in the U.S.
Australian ugg boots are not considered fashionable in their countries of origin and are worn for warmth and comfort. Ugg boots in Australia are worn predominantly as slippers and associated with "daggy fashion sense, bogan behaviour" and the "outer suburbs" when worn in public. According to Australian fashion stylist Justin Craig: "The only people who get away with wearing them are models, who give out the message: 'I'm so beautiful, I can look good in any crap." The Deckers UGG brand emerged as a fashion trend in the US through Deckers' actions to promote it as a high fashion brand. Deckers solicited endorsements from celebrities such as Kate Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lopez, and product placements in television series such as Sex and the City, and films such as Raising Helen. This marketing campaign "led to an exponential growth in the brand's popularity and recognizability." The company reported US$689 million in UGG sales in 2008, almost a 50-fold increase from 1995.
Design
Traditional Australian ugg boots are made from sheepskins with fleece attached. The fleece is tanned into the leather and the boot is assembled with the fleece on the inside. Some ugg boots have a synthetic sole, commonly made from Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA). The stitching is often prominent on the outside of the boot. The natural insulative properties of sheepskin gives isothermal properties to the boots: the thick fleecy fibres on the inner part of the boots wick moisture and allow air to circulate, keeping the feet at body temperature and allowing the boots to keep feet warm in cold weather and cool in hot weather. Produced by a number of manufacturers, they come in a variety of colours, including black, pink, blue, chestnut, and fuchsia. They are available in both pull-on and lace-up varieties and their height can range from just above the ankle to above the knee.
Some variations of ugg style boots have also been made from kangaroo fur and leather. There are also synthetic boots. Although derided as "fake" by some in the industry, their lower price made them appealing to large retail chains such as Myer.
Animal rights
Similar to the sourcing of leather, sheep-skin is a by-product of processing sheep for human consumption. That is, sheep are not specifically killed for their skins. Because it is a by-product, the supply of sheep-skin is limited by the number of sheep processed for the meat industry. The rise in the popularity of "UGG"-branded ugg boots has been the "driving force" in recent shortages, which have seen sheep-skin prices from 2010 to 2012 increase by up to 80%.
Being one of many clothing products made from animal skin, the production of sheepskin boots has been the subject of criticism by the animal rights movement with producers responding by improving animal welfare. Animal rights groups call for the boycott of sheepskin boots and their replacement with synthetic alternatives. In 2007, Pamela Anderson, realizing that the boots were made of skin, called for a boycott on her website. In February 2008, the Princeton Animal Welfare Society staged a campus protest against the fur industry, particularly attacking the sheepskin boot industry.
Trademark disputes
Main article: Ugg boots trademark disputeThe trademarking of the UGG name has been the subject of dispute in several countries. Deckers Outdoor Corporation has won disputes in the United States, the Netherlands, and Turkey. In Australia and New Zealand, ugg is a generic term. The trademark for "Ugh-Boots" has been removed from the trademark registry for non-use. Outside Australia and New Zealand, UGG (written in capital letters) is a registered trademark of Deckers Outdoor Corporation.
The first trademark application for UGG in the United States was filed by Brian Smith’s company in 1984. In the 1990s, Smith and then Deckers secured additional registrations in the U.S. and other countries. In 1999, Deckers began asserting its new trademark and sent out cease and desist letters to Australian manufacturers that were selling sheepskin boots outside of Australia via the internet. By the early 2000s, demand for UGG boots was soaring with Australian and U.S.-based manufacturers selling sheepskin boots over the Internet. There was confusion among consumers between generic ugg boots made in Australia and Deckers' UGG brand boots. Deckers' law firm Middletons of Melbourne began a serious effort to halt the Australian companies' sales by sending cease and desist letters to a number of Australian and U.S.-based manufacturers, preventing them from selling sheepskin boots using the UGG trademark on eBay or from using the word in their registered business names or domain names. Deckers initiated numerous domain name actions under the UDRP.
In response to these actions by Deckers, some Australian manufacturers formed the Australian Sheepskin Association to fight the corporation's claim, arguing that "ugg" is a generic term referring to flat-heeled, pull-on sheepskin boots. One of these manufacturers, Perth's Uggs-N-Rugs, who had been manufacturing ugg boots since 1978 and selling them online since 1996, appealed to Australian trademark regulators. The officer who heard the case stated that the "evidence overwhelmingly supports the proposition that the terms (ugg, ugh and ug boots) are interchangeably used to describe a specific style of sheepskin boot and are the first and most natural way in which to describe these goods." In 2006 Uggs-N-Rugs won the right to use the term UGG BOOT/S and variations such as UGH BOOT/S within Australia. Deckers retained the trademark rights to their UGG logo in Australia as trademark protection only applies to the way the mark appears in its entirety and not the words it contains. IP Australia also ruled that the trademark "UGH-boots" (with hyphen) should be removed from the trademark register for non-use as Deckers had only been using the UGG logo, not the UGH marks. This 2006 ruling applies only in Australia and Deckers still owns the trademarks in other jurisdictions such as the US, China, Japan and the European Union.
See also
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- Arnold, James (19 February 2004). "Aussie boot battle takes an Uggly turn". BBC News. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- "UGG Holdings, Inc. and Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. Paul Barclay d/b/a Australian Made Goods". National Arbitration Forum. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- "Previous cases". Nominet. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
External links
- Documentary film on the trademark dispute: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugg boot.
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- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: "" Trademark Search"
- World Intellectual Property Office: "Trademark Search"
- A listing of Deckers Outdoor Corporation trademarks containing the word UGG, registered in over 100 countries.
