Nike Vs Lululemon

Patent war between NIKE Vs. LULULEMON has reached to the court. Nike has made an allegation on the lululemon for stealing their patented Flyknit technology, and asserted three patent against the Lululemon (US8266749, US9375046, US9730484) for the four infringing products of the lululemon

• Chargefeel Mid

• Chargefeel Low

• Blissfeel

• Strongfeel

Technical Details of asserted patents

1. US8266749: The present invention relates to an X-ray mirror and an X-ray exposure apparatus which employs the X-ray mirror

2. US9375046: The present invention relates generally to articles of footwear, and, in particular, to articles of footwear incorporating knitted components

3. US9730484: The present invention based on the footwear having an upper including a flat-knitted element. This is a divisional patent application

What Nike is claiming

Without Nike authorization, lululemon makes, uses, offers for sale, sells, and/or imports into the United States products that practice the claimed inventions of the asserted patents. Nike is claiming economic harm

Counter action by Lululemon

Lululemon disagrees with the Nike and also initiated invalidation proceeding against the -Nike in Patent Trial Appellate Board. They are exercising all the legal options available to them

Lawsuits over IP rights are common in the footwear space and can take years to resolve. Time will tell us that Lululemon has really stealed the technology or Nike is just trying to kill their competitor

Litigious FLYKNIT Technology

Nike had filed a litigation cases in Oregon and ITC on this technology against Adidas in past. Adidas failed to prove invalidation and lost the case in appeal court in 2020. Later on Nike and Adidas had settled matter outside the court. Both parties have agreed to drop all litigation against each other.

Legal is battle on this technology is always remain the talk of a town. We have to wait and see the counter strategy of Lululemon in defense.

Our expert had also studied the cases and concluded that it is going to be very tough war between both the parties. Chances of Prior Art are also high, prior arts submitted by adidas were not very strong. In neck to neck war, proper defense technique is key to success. Battle is just begun, we have to wait and watch the strategy and counter strategy

Time will tell us that Lululemon has really stealed the technology or Nike is just trying to kill their competitors