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Skechers Accuses Nike of ‘Stifling Competition’ with Lawsuits

2019/10/23

Shoemaker Skechers has branded Nike's latest infringement suit against it as 'bullying' in a statement on Twitter.
 
Published on October 14, the statement comes shortly after Nike filed a complaint against the California-based company on September 30 at the US District Court for the Central District of California.
 
In its filing, Nike alleged that "instead of innovating its own designs and technologies", Skechers was in the habit of copying "successful products of others", and that the shoemaker's designs had infringed 12 of Nike’s design patents.
But, Skechers denied the claims of the lawsuit, and said it "merely contains Nike's unproven allegations".
 
Skechers said it plans on defending the lawsuit vigorously and in response will deny that any of the listed styles infringe any of Nike's patents.
 
Additionally, it called out its "much larger competitor" for using its "vast resources to stifle competition in the courtroom rather than compete in the marketplace".
 
Source: Wipr



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