French Court of Appeal rules on shoe that ‘breathes’
Following an ongoing dispute between French inventor Stanislas Graire and the Italian footwear brand GEOX, concerning the rights to ‘the shoe that breathes’ a French Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of allowing Mr Graire rights to the design. The court ruled that Mr Graire was the designated owner to the rights on the invention of the sole that ‘breathes’ - through perforations thus reducing moisture – described in his patent filed in France.