Australian footwear brand Ugg Since 1974 is changing its name overseas after a nearly decade-long legal battle with Deckers ...

An Australian-owned footwear company is changing its name after a decade-long lawsuit with Deckers Brands and its Ugg label.

"It's outrageous," says Eddie Oygur, founder of Australian Leather, who is in the US for the legal battle. "Ugg is just the name ... by Australian surfer Brian Smith, who started making the ...

a competitor named UGG rose alongside them in the US. Brian Smith, an Australian surfer and entrepreneur, founded UGG in 1978 after relocating to California. In a 2014 interview with Forbes ...