Nike Before The Prosecution, The Design Breaks The Competition Agreement, Which Means Ralph Lauren'S Unfair Competition.

According to the latest news from foreign media, Nike, a sports apparel giant, is seeking a high degree of secrecy for the court to protect its sports and leisure business, accusing the former design executive Matthew Millward of breaking its competition prohibition agreement and accepting the work of Ralph Lauren's high-end brand Club Monaco.

In the lawsuit, designer Matthew Millward and his current employers were listed as defendants.

Since 2012, Matthew Millward has been the senior director of fashion design for Nike Sportswear series. He also received the basic salary of $215000 paid by the group, as well as one year's terms of competition.

However, according to Nike group's data, Matthew Millward resigned in October 6th and accepted the Club Monaco brand.

Design vice president's work and reveal the group's plans for competitors in the field of sports and leisure.

Nike group described in the lawsuit, Matthew Millward is a "senior, highly paid pre Nike dress designer, who can widely understand the most competitive commercial secrets inside Nike".

Not only is the designer familiar with Nike Sportswear business, but he also knows a lot about brand tennis, running and basketball business.

Nike group emphasizes that Matthew Millward, in particular, contributes to Nike's "innovation roadmap" and frequently works for it.

The project is an important and highly confidential document within the group. It describes in detail the company's multi-year development strategy for developing and bringing new clothes to the market, as well as other similar slides, charts, sketches and other planning materials.

Matthew Millward participated in the design.

The American athlete jacket project will be presented to athletes at the Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games next year, that is, the thirty-first Summer Olympic Games.

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It is still not open to the market and its design remains highly confidential.

Competitors can design an imitation product and put it in the retail market before the Nike's podium jacket first appeared in the media.

In his new position, Nike group said Matthew Millward "is responsible for designing or supervising the same type of clothing designed to work during the Nike service; the Club Monaco sports and leisure series is directly competing with the Nike Sportswear products.

The Nike group has warned Matthew Millward and Ralph Lauren about its position on the matter and filed legal proceedings in the federal court of Oregon.

Until the deadline, Ralph Lauren officials refused to respond.