Adidas, known for its three -band parallel footwear, was sued by Steven Maddenfor its alleged effort to prevent the American footwear company from selling fashion shoes with two non -parallel bands.
In a lawsuit filed before a Federal Court of Brooklyn, in New York, Steve Madden, as the company is often known, states that it has “tired” of complaints that has received from Adidas for decades for a shoe whose designs do not resemble their design of three stripes at all. Among them are alleged objections to two Steve Madden shoes thrown this year: wind, which has two bands, and Janos, whose two bands resemble letter K.
Steve Madden said that Adidas’s lawyers have demanded that wind sales be stopped because design would probably confuse consumers, and He pointed to the US patents and brands that could formally challenge the design of Janos.
“The use of band designs in footwear is omnipresent in the fashion industry,” said Steve Madden. “In a nutshell, Adidas does not own all stripes and should not be affirmed that he has the monopoly of all the footwear that includes stripes, bars, bands or any shape that has four sides-parallels, straight or not”. Adidas did not respond to requests for comments outside working hours.
Like other footwear companies, such as Nike, Adidas sometimes uses US courts and agencies to prevent their rivals from selling products that he considers imitations. Steve Madden, based in Long Island City, New York, said Adidas sued her twice in 2002 to challenge footwear with two parallel stripes and four parallel stripes.
