{"id":956529,"date":"2021-01-13T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=956529"},"modified":"2021-01-13T12:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:01:01","slug":"nike-converse-sue-600-websites-counterfeit-sneakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-converse-sue-600-websites-counterfeit-sneakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike, Converse Sue Nearly 600 Websites Over \u201cFalsely Labeled\u201d Counterfeit Sneakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"\/nike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nike<\/a> is cracking down on the fake sneaker market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Nike Inc. and Converse Inc. filed a massive lawsuit against 589 websites in addition to hundreds of social media accounts for allegedly infringing on\u00a0trademarks in an effort to sell counterfeit sneakers, as originally reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/footwearnews.com\/2021\/business\/legal-news\/nike-converse-suing-600-websites-social-media-accounts-counterfeit-scheme-1203093874\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Footwear News<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complaint was filed on January 12, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Nike and Converse claim the nearly 600 websites  (including\u00a0mybestsneakers.com,\u00a0muks-store.com, and perfectkicks.org in addition to 676 social media accounts) that have attempted to profit off of Nike&#8217;s and Converse\u2019s trademarks by making and then promoting \u201cfalsely labeled\u201d counterfeit products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit states the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cTo ensure that consumers make the association between defendants\u2019 counterfeit products and the genuine Nike Products from which they were copied, defendants not only copy the designs, patterns and color schemes associated with [Nike and Converse] products, but also expressly identify the counterfeit products as \u2018Nike\u2019 or \u2018Converse\u2019 products. Further, defendants make unauthorized use of plaintiffs\u2019 marks, including the trademark-protected \u2018Nike\u2019 and \u2018Converse\u2019 names, throughout the infringing websites and infringing social media on which these goods are advertised or offered for sale to consumers in the United States and this District.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nike is sending up the clean-up crew as the fake sneaker market continues to rise in popularity. Keep it locked on Snkrs Day as the lawsuit develops. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nike is cracking down on the fake sneaker market. 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