{"id":448,"date":"2019-10-05T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/?p=448"},"modified":"2019-10-05T16:36:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T20:36:47","slug":"design-patent-infringement-is-a-matter-of-appearance-and-appearances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"Design Patent Infringement is a Matter of Appearance and Appearances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
2019 PATENT Nike v Skechers<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Nike recently sued Skechers for infringement of twelve of Nike’s design patents. The Complaint convincingly establishes the similarity of the appearance of the shoes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In addition to appearance, the Complaint also develops a convincing case on appearances, detailing Sketchers strategy of copying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nike explains Skecher’s practice of Skecherizing competitor’s designs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nike’s Complaint recognizes that while competition is legitimate, people inately believe that copying is wrong. While Skechers appears to embrace its conduct, most business work to preserve its image as a legitimate competitor, and not merely a copier. To this end, a business should pay attention to how it characterizes its own conduct. Internal project names that make the business look like a pirate, or internal communications that talk about “ripping off, “knocking off,” or even “copying,” can cast the company in a bad light to a judge or jury. If what the business is doing is legimate, there is no need to characterize the conduct as improper or inappropriate — when the issue is design patent infringement, appearances can matter just as much as appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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