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Drawing the battle lines: Adidas’s mission to protect its three stripes

Is Adidas blurring the lines of trademark protection in its quest to enforce its three stripes? Eric Fingerhut and Scott Yackey of Dykema investigate.

Adidas trademark ruling: the three-stripe saga continues

It is difficult to reconcile the EU General Court’s recent rulings in a case concerning Adidas’s three-tripe trademark with a previous decision surrounding five parallel stripes on a K-Swiss shoe, says Christian Tenkhoff of Taylor Wessing.

News analysis: Three stripes and you’re out

Adidas’s enforcement of its three-stripe trademark has raised controversy in recent times, as WIPR recaps.

Seeking balance: four years of the PTAB

In its four years of operation the PTAB has tried to find the right balance for petitioners and patent owners, and the proceedings at the board will continue to be tweaked and improved, says Stephen Maebius of Foley & Lardner.

Nike hit with FuelBand infringement claims