Crocs dismisses ‘patent lie’ claims as ‘meritless’ after court revives rival’s false advertising case

US appeals court orders Crocs to face false advertising claims | Rival is ‘laser-focused on making this trial the beginning of the end of Crocs's audacious lies’ | Ruling targets misleading assertions of patented footwear technology.

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