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In its most recent suit, Nike calls out two pairs Adidas Superstar Donne of Skechers www.brucolimare.it/ sneakers — the Skech-Air Jumpin’ Dots and Mega shoes — that it claims incorporate Nike’s patented technology for features including “a fluid-filled bladder” and “a plurality of foam beads” filling the cavity of the shoes. The Oregon-based sportswear giant further alleges that Skechers’ infringement Nike Air Max 90 Mujer has been “willful, intentional and deliberate,” though this isn’t necessary to determine liability, according to Mark Patterson, a law professor at New York’s Fordham Adidas Superstar Womens University.Skechers Nike Air Max 720 Femme could even use a patented element inadvertently Nike Air Max 270 Womens “and still be liable for patent Nike Air Max 90 Dames Zwart infringement,” Patterson said. “If they’re willful, though, the court can make them pay up to three times the damages that they would otherwise have to pay.”

That said, these aren’t easy cases to win, said Silberher. “Even if you’re Nike and you hire the best lawyers in Nike Air Max 95 Womens the world, you can still lose these lawsuits based on Adidas ZX 700 Womens really small technical differences that might not seem to matter in the big picture, but they matter when it comes to the patent.”Here, though, the potential damages may be less important Nike Air Max 95 Dames to Nike than getting its competitors’ sneakers off the Nike Air VaporMax Mujer market, which he called a “golden ring in patent infringement.” For one, Adidas ZX Flux Mujer Nike’s revenues eclipse those of its competitors: It made $39.1 billion in fiscal 2019, compared to Skechers’ projected revenues of $5.1 billion, according to its most recent Nike Air Max 90 Hombre Azul quarterly results, and Nike Air Max 90 Heren Zwart Puma’s projected revenues of 5.3 billion euro ($5.9 billion).

Nike also likely wants to send a message to rival brands and the industry at large that it can and will aggressively protect its intellectual property.Indeed, as the brand said in a statement to FN: “Nike has a strong history of innovation and leadership in footwear design and development. We innovate to help athletes Nike Air Max 270 Donne reach their potential, and we vigorously defend and enforce the intellectual property that protects those innovations.”Skechers said Nike Air Max 270 Mujer it doesn’t comment on ongoing lawsuits, but pointed Adidas ZX 700 Dames to its victory against Nike earlier this month in a trademark infringement suit dating back to 2014. That year, Nike-owned Converse sued Skechers along with 30 other brands, including Aldo Group, Fila USA Inc.