Comments on: Van Halen files suit against Nike

By: nike dunk

nike dunk — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:16:59 +0000

they are nuthin to great but ill get a pair or 2 outta the bunch to keep my collection beefing up

By: Mark Sachs

Mark Sachs — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:08:29 +0000

I went out and bought a pair of these Nikes last week at my local Finish Line. They were on display right when you walk into the store with other shoes. It doesn’t appear that Nike is too worried about Ed’s lawsuit which doesn’t surprise me. I think that Nike has a pretty big reputation for arrogance. I asked the salesman about the shoes and if he knew of Ed’s lawsuit. He said that he had heard “something about it” but that they “had not been asked to pull the shoes.”

Plus, the pattern is similar in color only, as someone posted earlier, the stripes don’t overlap. In my opinion, Eddie doesn’t stand a chance at winning this suit.

By: Kirby

Kirby — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:55:37 +0000

Seriously people - can you imagine a world where NOT EVERYONE is a huge VH fan, and wouldn’t know recognize EVH’s red striped pattern, much less know there was a trademark against it?

Now, clearly, there is a legal issue as Eddie owns that pattern, and it will most certainly be pulled from shelves (read: get them now), but it’s ridiculous to read lines like, “What was NIKE thinking?”

By: RickieVanWhalen

RickieVanWhalen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:45:55 +0000

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By: esv

esv — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:37:51 +0000

Eddie’s shoes are the coolest thing since Elvis’ blue suede shoes! Nike thinks we’re all a bunch of dumbasses! Sue the fuck out of ‘em!

By: sean

sean — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:28:28 +0000

At least Chickenfoot’s priorities are: music and fans. Not shoes and lawsuits.

By: Skutch

Skutch — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:01:33 +0000

It doesn’t matter whether or not kids buying them have heard of VH or not, Ed’s still got a trademark on the pattern. This might be a bad analogy, but it’s sort of like a recipe. Coca-cola doesn’t have exclusive rights to the ingredients in Coke, but the do have exclusive rights to the formula. Ed isn’t the only one who can use those colors, but when it gets arranged a certain way, it turns into an infringement issue. It’s just a matter of whether the jury/judge will take his side.