fake-sneakers
Less than a month after designer Kool Kiy filed a counterclaim against Nike over the brand’s pending trademark infringement lawsuit, Nike has responded—and the brand isn’t holding back. In a filing yesterday in the southern district of New York, Nike lawyers formally replied to Kool Kiy’s February counterclaim, which argued that the Swoosh’s Air Jordan […]
What looked at first like a relatively tame bout of litigation between Nike and resell giant StockX escalated this week, turning a lawsuit that was initially focused on trademark infringement via non-fungible tokens into a larger conversation about fake sneakers on the secondary market. There are many significant details missing in this latest phase, but […]
When Nike filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in Illinois in January, accusing over 200 online stores of selling counterfeit Nike products, it kept the names of the defendants hidden from public view. The brand’s lawyers argued that alerting the alleged counterfeit peddlers named in the complaint would allow them to destroy evidence of their illicit […]
Nike is taking action against an unnamed group of counterfeit sneaker sellers and e-commerce stores, and it’s saying marketplaces like Amazon and eBay aren’t doing enough to crack down on the issue. In a trademark infringement and counterfeiting suit filed Monday in the U.S. district court for the northern district of Illinois, Nike focuses on sellers […]
Even in a downtrodden economy, fake sneakers continue to flourish. We warned readers back in April that fake Dior x Air Jordan 1s were surfacing prior to their official street date, and now the fugazi footwear has become the highlight of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bust. The government organization reports today that officers stationed […]
A Queens man’s eight-year counterfeit trafficking scam came to an end today after he was arrested for allegedly bringing more than $127 million worth of fake shoes into the city. A complaint was filed Monday in Southern District of New York court against Hai Long Huang, who authorities say is responsible for shipping fake containers […]
Customs and Border Protection agents at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach have seized 14,806 fake Nike sneakers, NBC Los Angeles reports. The sneakers were discovered during an enforcement exam, when two containers from China were mysteriously marked ‘napkins’ in an attempt to pass through the nation’s largest seaport. In the containers were mostly knockoff Air Jordans, […]
We’ve officially seen it all in the world of knock-off sneakers at this point. There are indestructible Yeezys, Shaqs that look like Jordans, and now we have what amounts to an Amazon version of Silicon Valley’s beloved Allbirds. Produced by Amazon’s in-house brand 206 Collective, the new men’s Galen Wool Blend Sneaker ($45)—which is also available for women […]
Sneaker Con made a stop in San Jose, California last Saturday and Sunday for Sneaker Con Bay Area. And despite its usual selection of rare shoes and celebrity appearances—even PJ Tucker was in the building—there was another incident that managed to steal the attention on social media. An image of a pair of handcuffed men being […]
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