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Oh they completely copied Crocs, they're exactly the same!

Why can't someone use some nice technology but create a nicer looking shoe? That would be more successful. What these people are doing is not competing in a market, but cashing in on COUNTERFEIT,KNOCKOFF, REPLICA ... FAKES!!! They need to be shut down.

The exact design of the current Crocs was orignally made in Canada under the name Rebound and sold well before the Crocs guys found them and decided to "invent" a story about how they discovered them. Waldies bought and resold the exact shoe over a year before "Crocs" ever go involved in the shoe business. An article last week in the Washington Post talks about Scott Seamans wearing the Rebounds out on a boat and thinking they were great....Later Seamans added a strap and filed with the patent office for ownership of the entire design....but didn't bother to tell the patent office that it was a preexisting design except for the strap.

The nothinZ is made much more like a shoe...uses much more polymer for cushioning...has true to size widths and has destinct ventilatior designs...

The only ones who "knocked any one off" was Crocs. Now they are using tax money to try and keep anyone who makes a foam/polymer shoe from importing into the United States.

Dear blogger, I love Crocs too. My favorite is the Athens Crocs and the Crocs Sandal. Crocs deserves the fame they have. I think they reported a great earnings.

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As a nurse, I have tried both and they couldn't be more different! Nothinz are way softer and more comfortable than crocs. I wouldn't touch the grinchy crocs now with a thirty nine and a half foot pole!

I agree with Caryn. They may have been completely copied but they're not exactly the same. The Nothinz are far better than the crocs. Nothinz are definitely more comfortable. Also, there are others in the market like waldies and others.

This blog shows how popular flip flops are nowadays. Even kids have their very own footwear.

Unfortunately this has became the way a lot of businesses have chosen to do business. They would rather sue a company that come out with a better shoe.

Who have been the first to infringent patent ?
I'm italian lawyer and I represent the First Company srl the owner of the: US Patent No. 6,439,536, issued Aug. 27,2002 and EP Patent 1025970 issued Aug. 9, 2000.
The above patent concern a method to produce the clog full eva with opening side.
The Crocs's clogs Cayman and Beach are infringening the above patents.
So, reply me, who is infringening patent now ???
For any further information please write me to:
avvpiccologianni@tiscali.it

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I actually worked in the customer service department at Old Friend Footwear, the manufacturer of Nothinz. They are not the same as Crocs. In my opinion, Crocs are harder than Nothinz, have less ventilation, are uglier, and are cheaper made than Nothinz. I also know the person who designed the Nothinz, and know for a fact it was not copied. Crocs is in fact trying to wipe out Nothinz, because they provide higher quality for less money.