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in 1949
following a split with his brother Rudolf
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1324623
in 1952
Finnish sports company Karhu Sports for �1,600 and two bottles of whiskey
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1324626
in 1963
after athletes requested a shoe for the locker room
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1324628
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in 1970
to create the Adidas Telstar football, which was the first ball designed specifically for the World Cup tournament
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1324630
in 1972
just in time for the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich
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1324633
in 1979
moulded boot
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in 1990
for 1.6 billion, which Tapie borrowed
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in 1993
to 5.84 billion ($7.5 billion)
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1324640
in 1997
who specialized in ski wear
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1324646
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in 1998
over rules limiting commercial logos on team uniforms and clothing
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1324651
on 2/2000
for a much higher amount of money than Tapie owed
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1324652
on 7/2002
with the Adidas Equipment KB8 as his first signature shoe
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1324656
in 2003
in
British court
for use of a two-stripe motif similar to Adidas three stripes
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for �485 million
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1324659
in 2017
and was replaced by Nike
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on 6/2020
the head of global human resources at Adidas, after black employees voiced concerns about her handling of racism and discrimination
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