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TORONTO — Canada Goose is trying to “bully” Sears Canada Inc. and other retailers through litigation, Sears is alleging in court documents as it hits back at a trademark infringement lawsuit.

The parka maker’s real motive is to curtail the sales of lower-priced winter jackets so Canada Goose can keep selling its products “at a huge mark up,” Sears alleges.

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[np_storybar title=”Made-in-Canada still key for Canada Goose after sale to U.S. private-equity firm Bain, CEO says” link=”http://business.financialpost.com/2013/12/10/canada-goose-sells-majority-stake-to-bain-capital/”]Canada Goose president and chief executive Dani Reiss isn’t nervous about selling his quintessential Canadian-made outerwear company to Bain Capital, even with the U.S. private equity firm’s notorious reputation for outsourcing.

“Made in Canada is extremely important, and extremely important to Canada Goose, and we’ve chosen partners to whom it is also extremely important to,” Mr. Reiss said in an interview. “And I have no expectation that that’s going to change. If I thought that it was going to change, I would not have done this deal.”