White Mountain Footwear and its parent company American Exchange Group are fighting back in an ongoing lawsuit with Birkenstock .

In a new motion filed on Monday in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, White Mountain is seeking the court to dismiss Birkenstock ’s claims due to “undisputed evidence” that allegedly proves that the German shoe company “turned a blind eye for 30 years” while White Mountain sold so-called “lookalike” footwear styles similar to Birkenstock.

White Mountain said in the motion that its accused Helga sandal and accused Bari clog (originally called the Getty) have been widely sold in the U.S. for over 30 years, and its accused Gracie sandal since 2016.

The footwear firm also stated that Birkenstock’s current management claims the company first became awa

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