Adidas has reached a settlement with Kanye West
Two years after Adidas ended its Yeezy partnership with the rapper, Adidas AG has reached an out-of-court settlement with Kanye West.
Alibaba pays $433.5 million to settle shareholder monopoly lawsuit
Alibaba has agreed to pay $433.5 million to settle a U.S. class-action lawsuit against it for monopolistic practices.
New Balance sued for alleged faulty shoe
Khamica Bingham – a Canadian track athlete and specialist in the 100 meters, and Operations Coordinator for Brown University’s women’s track & field team – has filed a lawsuit against New Balance in the US District Court of Rhode Island. Bingham blames a faulty New Balance shoe for a “career-ending ...
Temu sued by Austrian trade association
Austrian retailers are trying to hold their own against the fast rising Chinese low priced online marketplace Temu.
Riddell faces patent suit over helmet technology
The US helmet manufacturer is being sued over claims of patent infringement related to its Speedflex and Axiom helmets, focusing on energy absorption technology.
Adidas loses case over Thom Browne's four stripes
Thom Browne can use the design of four stripes, says the District Court of Nuremberg-Fürth.
Rockport is sued by Skechers for alleged patent infringement
Skechers’ utility patent claims protecting innovations associated with its slip-in footwear technology.
EU court upholds big Google fine
A European antitrust case dating back seven years comes to an end.
US Department of Justice wins against Google
It remains unclear how the ruling might affect Google.
Asics takes action in Cambodian factory incident
A recent accusation from an international human rights organization has highlighted potential violations of workers’ rights to unionize at a footwear factory in Cambodia. The factory in question is utilized by the Japanese sportswear company Asics.
Lululemon accused of greenwashing
Lululemon is being sued over its Be Planet marketing campaign in a proposed class action lawsuit.
Lululemon victorious in court against Nike
Once again, The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) sided with Lululemon and canceled claims in two Nike patents that cover methods for calculating fitness scores from sensor data. The board ruled five claims of patent number 10,188,930 and eight claims of patent number ...
Under Armour to pay €434 million settlement in shareholder lawsuit
Following a seven-year legal dispute between Under Armour (UA) and a group of shareholders, UA has agreed to pay $434 million in settlement. This should end the legal dispute from 2017, in which it was alleged that the company had misled shareholders about its sales growth to meet Wall Street ...
Shareholders sue Nike
Nike, its President and CEO, John Donahoe, as well as its CFO, Matthew Friend, were sued in Oregon District Court by the Pembroke Pines City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers for misleading their investors by concealing Nike’s problems with Nike Direct and its DTC strategy.
Nike fails to retain “footware” trademark
The General Court of the European Union has sided with Puma against Nike’s attempt to trademark the capitalized word “Footware” as a play on software/hardware and footwear, according to the Wall Street Journal.
FIFA hit with a labor lawsuit
FIFPro Europe, the association of European footballer unions, has sued FIFA over its unilateral decisions concerning the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, which will be held in the US. According to the complainants, this 21st edition twice adds to the workload – first in its expansion to 32 teams and ...
Adidas’ stripe lawsuit against Nike all but nullified
According to Reuters and others, a second appeal in Adidas’ lawsuit against Nike, first filed in 2022, has gone in favor of Nike. This lifts most of the prohibition, set by a regional court in Düsseldorf, on Nike’s use of two or three stripes on five models of pants in ...
German court rules Nike can use three-stripe design on trousers, overturning previous Adidas claim
A German court has, according to Reuters, ruled that Nike can adorn some of its trouser designs with three stripes, a significant development in its ongoing legal battle with Adidas over trademark issues. This decision came during a second appeal hearing, where the Duesseldorf regional court partially overturned a previous ...
Temu faces consumer complaints across Europe for misleading practices
Temu, the Chinese e-tailer known for fast fashion and lifestyle products, is facing scrutiny from 17 European consumer organizations. According to reports from the Dutch Consumers’ Association and the Belgian Testaankoop, these groups have lodged complaints with their national regulators, accusing Temu of deceptive practices and non-compliance with new European ...
Nike settles trademark dispute with Bape
According to a filing in New York federal court on 29 April, Nike has settled all trademark infringement claims against the Japanese streetwear brand Bape and requested that the case be dropped. The parties will bear their own costs and legal fees. In the lawsuit originally filed in January 2023, ...
