Nike America Sues Reebok: Violation Of Its Star'S Name And Usufruct

In March 28th, the world's largest sports product company Nike filed a lawsuit against Reebok's Adidas brand, accusing it of illegally using the name of the New York quarterback player, Tim, NFL, to make profits. It is interesting that Reebok's contract as a NFL licensed clothing provider will expire in March 31st this year, while Nike will replace Reebok as a new sponsor in April 1st.

Nike filed the lawsuit against the federal court of Manhattan. reebok In the event that the contract is about to expire, it tries to illegally sell the costumes of the star player Tim Tibor who just spanferred from Denver wild horse to New York jet fleet in March 21st. Nike emphasizes that they have the right to use Tim Tibor's name.

In this case, Nike asked the court to ban Reebok from selling Tibo. commodity In addition, compensation is required. Nike accused Reebok of using unfair competition before the contract expired. "Selling the first batch of New York jet fleet clothing related to Tibo is a fleeting business opportunity. For consumers, after purchasing unauthorized NFL clothing from Reebok this week, they will not buy authorized NFL's clothing from Nike next week.

For the two major sports brand The lawsuit, NFL alliance and broker of Tibo did not comment. As Reebok's parent company, Adidas did not make any comments.

Tilibo, a 24 year old player in the whirlpool, started the first quarterback of the Denver Mustang team last year and led the team into the playoffs. He was chosen as the most popular professional athlete in ESPN's survey this year.