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- Nov 6, 202390% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Nike Sues New Balance Over Its Flyknit Patents
- Nike filed a patent infringement suit against New Balance Athletics in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on 6 November 2023, requesting a jury trial[1][2]
- Nike calls Flyknit, its knitted-upper technology developed over more than a decade, 'game-changing', and asserts nine US patents covering it, including 8,266,749 and 11,707,105[1]
- The accused New Balance products include Fresh Foam X 1080 v12, Fresh Foam X More v4, FuelCell Rebel v3, FuelCell SuperComp Elite v3 and Furon football boots[1]
- Nike says New Balance refused to stop despite letters from January to March 2023, and cites its earlier Flyknit suits against Puma, adidas and Lululemon[1]
- Nike sued Skechers over Flyknit in Los Angeles federal court the same day[3][4]
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- [1]90%storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.263327/gov.uscourts.mad.263327.1.0.pdfstorage.courtlistener.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Nov 6, 2023 ✓· 33% of score
The complaint in Nike, Inc. v. New Balance Athletics, Inc., No. 1:23-cv-12666 (D. Mass.), is stamped 'Document 1 Filed 11/06/23'.
- [2]85%Nike, Inc. v. New Balance Athletics, Inc., 1:23-cv-12666 (D. Mass.)courtlistener.com· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
The docket: filed 6 November 2023, assigned to District Judge Julia E. Kobick; stayed from June 2025 pending inter partes review and Nike's appeal on the '749 patent.[1]
- [3]80%Nike, Inc. v. Skechers U.S.A., Inc., 2:23-cv-09346 (C.D. Cal.)courtlistener.com· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
Nike's parallel Flyknit patent suit against Skechers, filed the same day, 6 November 2023, before Judge Andre Birotte Jr.[1]
- [4]70%Nike files lawsuit against New Balance and Sketchersyoutube.com· Published Nov 8, 2023· 1% of score
KENS 5 news report: Nike claims the two competitors are wrongfully using technology Nike developed.[1]
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