Thom Browne wins in Adidas trademark battle over stripe pattern

January 2, 2024

To be honest I get that one can't just own stripes, but Adidas' concerns seem legitimate in some of these designs. “I am proud to create a precedent that protects [designers’] ability to develop their own signatures and tell their own creative stories in a way that are true to their vision,” Thom Browne, the designer behind the eponymous brand, told Yahoo Finance. “David has prevailed over Goliath.”

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