Nike sues New Balance and Skechers over patent infringement

Sports apparel giant Nike is suing two of its competitors, arguing that New Balance and Skechers are wrongfully using technology that Nike developed for making shoes light-weight and strong. Nike filed two patent infringement lawsuits on Monday, one in federal court in Massachusetts against New Balance and another federal suit in California against Skechers. The cases come after Nike sued Puma in 2018, Adidas in 2021 and Lululemon this year over the same issue.

''Due to the success of Nike's Flyknit, many of Nike's competitors have copied and made unauthorized use of Nike's Flyknit technologies,' Nike lawyers claim in the Skechers lawsuit. 'Skechers has likewise used Nike's Flyknit technologies without authorization.'Flyknit patentsNike said in its lawsuits that it owns the Flyknit technology through nine patents filed between September 2012 and July 2023.

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