{"id":986007,"date":"2021-06-11T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=986007"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:02:03","slug":"uspto-grants-nike-trademark-for-air-jordan-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/uspto-grants-nike-trademark-for-air-jordan-1\/","title":{"rendered":"USPTO Grants Nike Trademark for Air Jordan 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After more than 35 years after the shoes introduction, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (also known as the USPTO<\/a>) has officially registered a protective trademark for the design of the Air Jordan 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The iconic silhouette first released in 1985 and saw a wave of look-a-likes right out of the gate. Large retail chains that include K-Mart and Target had products that were eerily similar to Nike’s big hit, the Nike Air Jordan. Nike recognized the sheer magnitude of the wave of bootlegs that they played both sides of the market and produced their own lower-priced knockoff – the AJ KO<\/a> (Air Jordan Knock Off).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In recent years as the Air Jordan 1<\/a> has seen its greatest rise of popularity since the shoes initial debut more than three decades ago coupled with the fashion trend of knockoff and logo infringing wear, so too has there been a large wave of bootlegs, remakes, and remixes of the Air Jordan 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n