Bothell, Wash.-based Brooks Sports, Inc., filed suit May 4 in the Western District against Payless Shoesource, Inc., Exeter Brands Group, LLC, and Nike, Inc., over the alleged infringement of its running shoe logo.
Brooks’ complaint alleges that defendants recently began manufacturing, promoting, and selling a new line of performance athletic shoes called “Tailwind.” Brooks alleges that shoes in this footwear line bear a design mark that is substantially identical and confusingly similar to Brooks’ design mark.
Confusingly similar? Tailwind (top) and Brooks running shoes
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Defendants have not yet answered the complaint.
The case is captioned as Brooks Sports, Inc. v. Payless Shoesource, Inc., No. 07-0695.