August 13, 2024
Nike Inc.'s lawsuit claiming New Balance Athletics Inc. infringed its Flyknit patents can advance, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Tuesday — rejecting arguments that some of the allegations are barred by a Federal Circuit decision involving Adidas.
March 06, 2024
New Balance's bid to snip three patents from the latest infringement fight centering on Nike's patented Flyknit technology got an uneasy reception Wednesday from a Boston federal judge unwilling to dig too deep into the merits of the claims at the early stage of this case.
January 26, 2024
Nike has pushed back at New Balance's request for the partial dismissal of a Massachusetts federal patent lawsuit, arguing that the motion is a "thinly veiled" attempt to convince the court that it did not infringe Nike's patented Flyknit technology before even considering the merits of the claims.
November 06, 2023
Despite reaching a settlement in 2021 to end a long-running battle over sneaker patents, Nike on Monday sued Skechers in California federal court, again accusing its rival of infringing its Flyknit shoe technology, the same day Nike filed a similar suit against New Balance in Massachusetts federal court.