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Knitted footwear: Nike goes legal (again)

15/12/2021

Sports group Nike has presented a new complaint against rival adidas over knitted textile uppers in shoes.

Through a law firm in Chicago, Nike filed papers to the US International Trade Commission in Washington DC on December 8, alleging that some adidas shoes infringe patents that Nike holds. It asked for a limited exclusion order on the shoes concerned and cease-and-desist orders against its rival.

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