NIKE Sues Designer Outfit Over ‘Unauthorised’ Satan Shoes

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Nike has sued the art collective, MSCHF, behind the Lil Nas X “Satan Shoes” that recently sparked outrage on social media.

In a lawsuit filed Monday, Nike accuses MSCHF Product Studio, Inc. of trademark infringement over the designer’s 666 pairs of modified Nike sneakers made in collaboration with the “Old Town Road” singer. All 666 pairs sold out yesterday.

In its complaint, Nike (NIKE) asked the court to order MSCHF to “permanently stop” fulfilling orders for the “unauthorized” Lil Nas X Satan Shoes.

According to the suit, social media users have threatened to boycott Nike over the controversial shoes.

However, Lil Nas X isn’t named as a party in the lawsuit.

“MSCHF and the Satan Shoes are likely to cause confusion and delusion and create an erroneous association between MSCHF’s products and Nike,” the sportswear company says in its complaint.
In the short time since the announcement of the Satan Shoes, Nike has suffered significant harm to its goodwill, including among consumers who believe that Nike is endorsing Satanism,” the suit added.

Also, Nike has issued statements to multiple media outlets, including CNN, clarifying it does “not have a relationship with Lil Nas or MSCHF” and that “Nike did not design or release these shoes and we do not endorse them.”

The modified black and red Nike Air Max 97 sneakers adorned with a bronze pentagram charm and a drop of human blood in the mid-sole are the latest customized Nike footwear product to be released by MSCHF. The company also released a pair of custom-made “Jesus Shoes” in 2019.

In its complaint, Nike said the Satan Shoes prominently feature Nike’s famous Swoosh logo.

The controversy began last week with the release of the music video for Lil Nas X’s latest single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).”

The video portrays the provocatively dressed singer as both a fallen angel and a demon who rides a stripper pole to hell where he gives a lap dance to the devil.

Oyinlola Awonuga Balogun (the New Diplomat's Entertainment
Oyinlola Awonuga Balogun (the New Diplomat's Entertainment
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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