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DECEMBER 9, 2021

An almost decade-long fight between Nike and adidas has spilled over into a proceeding before the International Trade Commission (“ITC”), with Nike asking the federal trade body to block the import of adidas’ Primeknit footwear on the basis that the sneaker tech infringes a number of its utility patents. and adidas America, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Nike, Inc. This ongoing dispute between the two athletic apparel companies has been ongoing since Adidas filed its IPR petition back in in 2012. The appeals have all centered on Nike’s proposed substitute claims. Initially, the Board refused to allow Nike to enter a substitute claim. Nike, Inc.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Three months after Nike filed suit against Customs by Ilene dba Drip Creationz, the sneaker customizer has denied the bulk of Nike’s claims in a newly-filed answer, and set out a number of affirmative defenses that shed light on arguments that it will dive into down the road. First Sale?

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MAY 18, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission to give it the green light to block a shareholder proposal seeking more details on the company's diversity and inclusion efforts, arguing that it already discloses this information. has asked the U.S.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Nike is bulking up the trademark infringement and dilution complaint that it filed against footwear manufacturer La La Land Production & Design (“La La Land”) by adding a new defendant to the mix. With such well-known marks and brand goodwill at play, Nike contends that “various bad actors in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

And finally, there are no shortage of sportswear and footwear fights underway, with Nike, adidas, New Balance, and Crocs initiating litigation this year against similarly-situated brands, and of course, Peloton and Lululemon sparring in their recently-lodged rival claims. Nike Sued MSCHF Over Modified “Satan Shoes”.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Ether (approximately $800), but the company declined to confirm how many of the tokens would be up for offer. In the immediate wake of the Nike filings, fellow Nike, Inc.-owned Adidas revealed that the newly-announced NFTs, which go on sale on Friday via its e-commerce site, will come with a price tag of 0.2

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MAY 7, 2021

Statements from H&M and Nike, among other Western brands, expressing “concern” about working conditions in China’s Xinjiang region prompted widespread backlash against the retail giants beginning in March. Finally, a number of companies have not only faced consumer pushback, they have landed on wrong side of litigation.

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MAY 20, 2021

The anti-competition crackdown in the European Union is not limited to tech monopolists like Apple, and in fact, has seen a growing number of consumer goods brands – from sportswear titans to skincare companies – come in its crosshairs. In March 2019, following a two-year-long investigation, Nike was fined €12.5

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Milkcrate’s mark (left) & Nike’s sneakers (center, right). The case is Milkcrate Athletics, Inc. adidas North America, Inc. Designed by Vic Lloyd, these adidas Superstar shoes represent the spirit of the crate diggers and DJs that call Chicago home.”. A rep for adidas declined to comment on the matter.

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JULY 7, 2022

In May, skater shoe company, Vans, persuaded a district court judge in NY to halt the pre-sale of a pair of shoes called Wavy Baby, the result of a collaboration of rapper Tyga and MSCHF, a Brooklyn-based design studio that was previously sued by Nike over its Satan Shoe collaboration with NasX. The case is Vans, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Peloton has, of course, already pushed back against this claim in its suit (pretty convincingly, I would argue), asserting that because both companies’ well-known branding appears – in some cases, quite prominently – on their respective offerings, consumers are not likely to be confused at all. . The case is Lululemon Athletica Canada, Inc.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

In yet another major step into the metaverse, NIKE, Inc. While the ruling enabled EssilorLuxottica to get out of the deal, the company stated in its July 20 Interim Financial Report that “given the strategic rationale, [it] decided to pursue and close the transaction on July 1, 2021.”. Acquires RTFKT.

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The Fashion Law

JANUARY 3, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg announced a corporate name change to “Meta” in October 2021, indicating the former Facebook, Inc.’s In 2022, Web3 is expected to be a big commercial issue and is backed by major brands including Nike , Adidas , Gucci , Dolce & Gabbana , Burberry , Microsoft and others. Enter the Metaverse: From 2D to 3D Web.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

The company asserts that it has a copyright registration for the specific depiction of the jumbled BAIES design inside of the oval (although it is not entirely clear to me how an infringement claim is particularly relevant here), and maintains common law trademark rights for it, as well. .” to file suit against it?

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JANUARY 6, 2022

In its complaint, Nike asserts that the technology at the heart of the $1,500 at-home exercise system – which Lululemon brought in-house when it acquired fitness startup Mirror in June 2020 for $500 million – “practice[s] the claimed inventions of [its] asserted patents,” namely, U.S. A drawing from Nike’s 9,278,256 patent.

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JUNE 10, 2021

They were swiftly followed by a handful of additional filings by other retailers, signaling that there is no end in sight to the constant string of fashion and other retail companies struggling financially and looking to bankruptcies courts for protection from their creditors. ” February 2021 – Belk Inc. .”

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MAY 13, 2021

in 2012, that “the next 25 years [for Walmart] are about becoming a digital company” – and more recently, at the direction of Jet.com founder Marc Lore, who took the role of CEO of Walmart’s U.S. While Amazon is not building sprawling brick-and-mortar stores across the U.S., May 2020: ThredUp. October 2018: Bare Necessities.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission put more than 700 companies on notice this week by way of letters in which it addressed “unlawful practices relating to the use of endorsements and testimonials.” Also on the list of recipients: Apple, Facebook, Inc. luxury brands, such as Rolex, Chanel, and Tiffany & Co.;

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JANUARY 16, 2022

Nike Sues Lululemon for Patent Infringement Over Mirror Home Gym (Source: Global News). American Honda Motor Company, Inc. Recent Headlines in the IP World: Blake Brittain: U.S. Chief Justice Roberts Pledges to Review Patent Venue Rules (Source: Reuters). Dority & Manning, P.A. Greensville, SC. Dority & Manning, P.A.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Pointing to Nike, Holzer revealed that in March 2007, searches for the sportswear titan’s name generated nearly 200 hits in third party-created Second Life stores (Gucci was not too far behind with more than 150 results). Linden Research, Inc. , However, another case, Bragg v.

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JUNE 16, 2021

12, 2021 settlement between Apple and the patent owner (now a company called Solas OLED) and allowed me to access the Termination Order. While many licenses are not publicly disclosed, licenses that are material to the business of publicly-traded companies are accessible through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Nike is not the only company thinking about the role of branding in the metaverse. and beyond for its most famous trademarks – such as its “Nike,” “Just Do It,” and “Jordan” word marks, its iconic swoosh logo , the Jordan silhouette logo, and a stylized combination of its name and the swoosh – for use on various virtual goods/services.

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JULY 7, 2021

trade restrictions on named companies’ exports – “based on a wholly false and unsubstantiated allegation: that [it] was supposedly engaging in ‘ the practice of forced labor involving members of Muslim minority groups ’ in Xinjiang, China.”. “The ” These included “Michael Kors, Nike, Gap Inc.

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JUNE 14, 2023

The modern American notion of a boycott stirs the moral imagination, conjuring images of the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott , when Black citizens refused to ride on city buses in 1950’s Alabama, or the 1990’s consumer boycott of Nike to protest the company’s human rights violations. Indian Head, Inc. ,

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