Nike Sues BAPE For Trademark Infringement

[SCJoe]

Dammmmmn, I was gonna try to grab a couple pairs in Japan this summer.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Them shyts will crumble if you wear them.

I had the Oreo 4s I bought back in 2001 from the Nike factory when they first re-released them and I was in middle school. Never wore them, got found the box in my dads basement in 2012 and started rocking them…the foam started cracking and crumbling within the month.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

I think Warren Lotas, Kool Kiy, MSCHF, Omi in a hellcat and social media in general just forced their hand. In the mid 2000’s of Bapes peak Air Force one’s were just one shoe model and Nike probably didn’t want to sue because they would just be giving it more publicity and like others said since the patent expired if they lost that suit then it’s give Bapestas even more legitimacy. Nike has always been about pushing new product lines and back then probably knew bapestas would be a fad and just left it alone. However now you’ve got so many people stepping the line that they just have to do something. The thing about intellectual property is you have to protect it otherwise you risk your shyt just falling into the public domain. It’s like when brands like Google, Xerox, Kleenex, Vaseline, etc after a while actually fight to try to prevent their names from becoming eponyms as it risks them from suffering trademark erosion. I’ve seen so many upstart shoe makers on IG, tiktok, etc straight recreating Jordan1s and dunks.

Nike has to dead all of this shyt once and for all.

Destroying Bape will be the killshot that the rest of these producers of fakes will see and re-evaluate that stealing IP is a bad look — regardless of the hype.

Omi and these dudes took it too damn far but Bape’s time was coming and deservedly so.

 

[QU Hectic]

Damn after all these years

My thoughts exactly

 

[Damnshow]

Copying others is normal in Asia. Even in Japan where a lot of what they created is actually original.

 

[Arizax2]

My thoughts exactly

This is no different then how the music industry handles copywrite infringement. They don't jump out the window when an arrest doesn't clear a sample. They wait years to see how much money that song generated so when the time comes to sue they will ask for all the royalties and then some. The better that single does the more money the original owner of that sample will get paid so no reason to burst that bubble off the rip.

As far as Bape, they will probably get sued out of existence. Honestly don't know if they make any other type of sneaker styles but they had to know this time was coming.

 

[drifter]

I've noticed these companies will sit back and wait years. I think it's so the legal fees are worth it lol.

Why stomp them out as soon as they start, that's when they'll have the least amount to go for.

They'll lay on you for years just to see if you fizzle out or if you're consistent but the longer you go the more they get

Bapes are back in style with the rest of 2000s fashion, that's why Nike's now going after them since people seem confused

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

he really didn't there's a difference between apes and monkeys

What’s the Difference Between Monkeys and Apes?

snow monkeys are not apes, but they are primates

That's Nigo's error, he didn't speak English when he made the brand but we got the inspiration behind it regardless.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Nike savage. They said they been bootlegging our shyt but we ignored it because they small fry now we on they ass because they numbers up lol. Easy win by Nike. Blatant ripoffs.

Like the old artists that sue rappers for not clearing samples. Uptown Baby was a massive hit, that’s why steely Dan owns it now. It’s sad but it is what it is.

 

[010101]

nigo era bapestas about to cost your life ha*

 

[thelonious21]

Nike has to dead all of this shyt once and for all.

Destroying Bape will be the killshot that the rest of these producers of fakes will see and re-evaluate that stealing IP is a bad look — regardless of the hype.

Omi and these dudes took it too damn far but Bape’s time was coming and deservedly so.

It was so crazy that these shoes took off..
They are all OBVIOUS KNOCKOFFS.. and people became multi millionaires copying the shyt

 

[DatBoiHawk]

They gon get soulja boy next

 

[Cat piss martini]

Nike waited 30 years to twist the knife.

 

[spacewraith]

After looking at the side by side comparison chart for some of the models on Twitter, the similarities are pretty egregious. Never really made the connections beforehand, though.

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

Never liked Bapes. too shiny