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One of Nike’s lawsuits over lookalike Air Force 1s is over—amicably. Designer John Geiger announced today that Nike’s trade dress infringement lawsuit, filed in August 2021, has been resolved. “Nike and John Geiger have resolved the lawsuit related to Nike’s Air Force 1 trade dress and John Geiger’s footwear products, specifically his GF-01 shoes,” reads a […]
How certain are the designers at MSCHF, the trolling Brooklyn art collective whose previous footwear includes the Jesus Shoe custom and the hysteria-inducing Satan Shoe sequel, that their latest sneaker will not earn them another lawsuit from Nike? MSCHF chief creative officer Kevin Wiesner recalls that they’d internally cleared the Satan Shoe collaboration with Lil […]
Nike’s legal battle involving designer John Geiger, who is accused of ripping off its iconic Air Force 1, continued last week when the sneaker brand filed an opposition to Geiger’s motion to have the claims against him dismissed. In it, Nike’s lawyers describe the motion to dismiss as “both procedurally improper and fundamentally wrong as […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Sneaker designer John Geiger is looking to exit a legal battle he was pulled into this summer, asking a […]
Nike continues to take legal action against independent companies that it alleges are copying its trademarked sneaker designs. This time, the target is John Geiger, a well-known customizer-turned-designer who launched his own lifestyle brand in 2017. According to Law360, an amended complaint filed by Nike Thursday added John Geiger Collection LLC as a defendant to an […]
The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week they have on sneaker and streetwear designer John Geiger who started off by designing the infamous Misplaced Checks custom Air Force 1s and has since built his own brand, which has become a favorite of professional athletes and […]
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