3 Stripes Lawsuits
It’s a major loss for the sports apparel company. Indeed, Adidas has earned a tough reputation among competitors and fashion designers. Aggressive lawsuits have been filed against anyone who had used stripes in their collections.
One of the first cases was against New York designer Thom Browne. He had to switch the number of stripes from 3 to 4 in his line because the billion dollars company had sued him.
Adidas also went to court with Skechers. After partially winning a lawsuit in May 2018 for a Stan Smith tennis look-alike, Skechers asked a federal court to determine that it did not conflict with Adidas’ infringement claims. Skechers affirmed that consumers are unlikely to confuse Adidas sneakers with Skechers shoes.
More? Companies like DVF, Gucci, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu, Paul Smith, Steve Madden, Tommy Hilfiger and Tory Burch have all used variations of stripes on their sneakers.
Finally, Adidas also filed a lawsuit in 2015 against design house Marc Jacobs for using the three strips of its Fall / Winter 2014 collection. Adidas is asking the company to stop selling the offending clothes.
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