Nike Piles on Claims Skechers Is a Copycat in New Patent Suit

Nike Inc. has increased the pressure on Skechers USA Inc., filing another lawsuit accusing its rival of building its business by copying patented shoe features.

In the latest patent-infringement lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Los Angeles, Nike claims Skechers’s Skech-Air Jumpin’ Dots and Mega shoes are using the air and footwear cushioning inventions developed by the Beaverton, Oregon-based company.

“Instead of innovating its own designs and technologies, Skechers’ business strategy includes copying its competitors’ designs and using innovative technologies developed by others to gain market share” Nike said in the complaint.

This is the fourth lawsuit ...