Vintage Black Crocodile Jeans, Rare Beautiful 90s high quality vintage jeans. Crocodile is a Hong Kong casual wear brand established in the 1950s, for obvious reasons they have had conflicts with Lacoste throughout the years, nonetheless in the Vintage Community, it still remains as an intriguing and well-made product
CROCODILIAN CONFLICT
1961: Crocodile registers a trade mark in New Zealand, referred to as Trade Mark 70068, featuring a left-facing drawing of a crocodile and the stylised word "Crocodile".
1999: Lacoste challenged the registration, and Crocodile agreed to transfer the mark's ownership to Lacoste.
2008: Crocodile filed an application with the Intellectual Property Office to have Trade Mark 70068 revoked on the grounds Lacoste had not used it.
