Why Does Adidas Insist On Cancelling Nike'S Patent For Flyknit Technology?

According to the world clothing and shoe net, since 2012,

Has been trying to cancel.

Patent for Flyknit technology.

In October this year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office decided to support Nike to maintain its patent after a series of trials.

As a result, Adidas decided to appeal and appealed to the United States circuit court of appeal on the end of November.

Adidas believes that Flyknit technology can be manufactured and manufactured without any experience of shoes makers for a few years. This is the last chance for Adidas to appeal on this issue.

Up to now, neither Adidas nor Nike has responded to the news.

It is worth noting that Flyknit is a digitalized vamp knitting technology introduced by Nike in 2012. It is characterized by lightweight, integrated molding and seamless. This technology has been applied to almost all shoes of Nike.

Other sports brands are now almost using this technology known as "socks shoes" by consumers.

In addition, Nike also prosecuted shoe brand Skechers for Flyknit last year.

In the case, Nike filed a lawsuit against Skechers to plagiarize its brand, called "Flyknit".

Nike claims that the details of Skechers plagiarism are as high as 8, and the overall style is basically the same as "Flyknit".

But Skechers dismissed the lawsuit and sought support from the industry. The company was supported by Italy fashion house brand Missoni and Dolce&Gabbana.

Skechers submitted an application to the United States Patent and trademark Appeal Board (PTAB), saying that the patent of Nike company "Flyknit" was invalid because the design of the shoe was not new, which was very clear to the patent examiner, but the examiner did not take this into consideration during the review process.

According to the information provided by Skechers, the tortuous compilation technology of Missoni can be traced back to the 50s of last century, and it was much earlier than Nike company to design "Flyknit" and apply for patent.

In 2010, Dolce&Gabbana and Missoni launched the popular brand of fashion shoes. Sports brand Nike, Adidas, Puma, Reebok and Under Armour all followed the two fashion house brands. They began to use the compiling technology to create unique knitted fabrics applied to their footwear products.

Skechers pointed out that the most famous brand of high-end knitted design is Missoni, which is famous for its coloured yarn technology. The color line technology refers to the coloring of yarns before they are made into cloth.

Missoni is not only famous for its color lines, but also its unique compilation techniques.

There is no obvious difference between Nike "Flykit" shoes and Missoni shoes, so Nike should not get the design patent of this kind of shoes.

Skechers asked PTAB to examine the validity of the Nike company's patent. In the end, PTAB voted the Nike company's patent was invalid, because the design existed before Nike company applied for patent, and Nike company had no right to get the patent of the design.

In fact, in patent infringement claims, the most common way for defendants is to disprove that the plaintiff's patent is invalid, while Skechers dismissed Nike's lawsuit and won an example, which is not rare in the fashion industry.

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