{"id":18266,"date":"2021-04-04T15:42:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T15:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/?p=18266"},"modified":"2021-04-08T16:49:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T16:49:36","slug":"nike-is-suing-new-york-studio-mschf-and-musician-lil-nas-for-trademark-infringement-over-its-satan-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/?p=18266","title":{"rendered":"Nike\u00a0is suing New York studio MSCHF and musician Lil Nas for trademark infringement over its Satan Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nike\u00a0is suing New York studio MSCHF for trademark infringement over its Satan Shoes, collaboration with musician Lil Nas X that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2021\/03\/29\/satan-shoes-lil-nas-x-mschf-nike-shoes-blood\/\">customised 666 pairs of trainers<\/a>\u00a0with human blood and pentagrams.<\/p>\n<p>Nike said the altered shoes, which still display its signature swoosh logo, are causing people to believe &#8220;Nike is endorsing Satanism&#8221; and causing &#8220;calls to boycott&#8221; their brand.<\/p>\n<p>The altered Nike Air Max 97s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/style\/article\/lil-nas-x-mschf-satan-nike-shoes\/index.html\">sold out<\/a>\u00a0in under a minute at a cost of $1,018 a pair.<\/p>\n<p>Nike has asked for MSCHF to pay damages and legal fees and is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/story\/2021-03-29\/nike-sues-mschf-over-lil-nas-x-satan-shoes\">seeking an intervention<\/a>\u00a0to stop the orders of Satan Shoes from being fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.\u00a0 Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or <a href=\"mailto:sm@wrigleyclaydon.com\">sm@wrigleyclaydon.com<\/a>. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/litigation-solicitors\/civil-litigation\/\">Civil Litigation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/dispute-resolution\/\">Dispute Resolution<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/company-and-commercial-solicitors-in-oldham\/commercial-litigation\/\">Commercial Litigation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/dispute-resolution\/intellectual-property-solicitors\/\">Intellectual Property Solicitors<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nike\u00a0is suing New York studio MSCHF for trademark infringement over its Satan Shoes, collaboration with musician Lil Nas X that\u00a0customised 666 pairs of trainers\u00a0with human blood and pentagrams. Nike said the altered shoes, which still display its signature swoosh logo, are causing people to believe &#8220;Nike is endorsing Satanism&#8221; and causing &#8220;calls to boycott&#8221; their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6708,6705,5616,221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-litigation","category-commercial-litigation","category-intellectual-property","category-litigation-disputes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}