Naik said the Brooklyn company teamed up with rapper Lil Nace X to produce “Devil Shoes”, which agreed to voluntarily withdraw shoes under a legal agreement with the athletics giant.
The settlement with MSCHF Product Studios resolves a trademark infringement lawsuit that Nike filed last week over black and red, devil-themed sneakers that carry the Nike “Swoosh” logo and quickly $ 1,018 a Sold in pairs.
Devil’s shoes are customized versions of the Nike Air Max 97 sneakers, which include a drop of human blood, and with a raid printed with “Luke 10:18”, a reference to a biblical promise from the Devil’s Paradise Indicates a fall.
Only 666 pairs were formed, the last being withdrawn so that Lil Nas X was known for the song “Old Town Road”, which could choose the recipient.
Naik said that MSCHF will offer full refunds to buyers of its Devil shoes, as well as its Jesus shoes, which were launched in 2019 and based on the Air Max 97, “to remove them from circulation.” “
However, limited edition shoes can receive a premium price among collectors, and those receiving refunds may miss out on price appreciation.
David Bernstein, who chairs the intellectual property litigation group at Debavis & Plimpton and represents MSCHF, said the artistic message MSCHF hoped would be “dramatically amplified” in the Nike lawsuit.
“MSCHF intended to comment on the inadvertence of the collaboration culture practiced by some brands, and spoke of the malfeasance of intolerance,” he said. “After achieving its artistic objective, MSCHF is pleased to resolve the lawsuit.”
Lil Nas X was not a defendant, and was never found by a Brooklyn judge on April 1 to choose the final pair who received the final pair after temporarily halting further sales.
Naik claimed that “sneakerheads” were also skeptical about who produced the Devil shoes, while the MSCHF said the shoes were “personally counted works” and did not sow confusion.
In March, Lil Ness X Released a devil-themed video for his song “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”.
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