Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
The question is whether a covenant not to enforce a trademark against a competitor’s existing products and any future “colorable imitations” moots the competitor’s action to have the trademark declared invalid.
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Respondent Nike designs, manufactures, and sells athletic footwear, including a line of shoes known as Air Force Is. Petitioner Already also designs and markets athletic footwear, including shoe lines known as “Sugars” and “Soulja Boys.” Nike, alleging that the Soulja Boys infringed and diluted the Air Force 1 trademark, demanded that Already cease and desist its sale of those shoes.…
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