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Reuters
Revealed
February 25, 2025
Puma and Berkshire Hathaway’s Brooks Sports activities have agreed to settle litigation over claims that Brooks’ trainers violated Puma’s patent and trademark rights, in line with filings in Washington federal courtroom.
Puma and Brooks requested a federal decide in Seattle on Friday to dismiss the instances with prejudice, which suggests they can’t be refiled. The businesses mentioned on Monday that the dispute had been resolved underneath confidential phrases.
Germany-based Puma sued Brooks in 2022, alleging a Brooks advert marketing campaign utilizing “Nitro” to promote its trainers violated Puma’s rights within the title, which it makes use of with competing trainers. Puma additionally mentioned within the lawsuit that Brooks’ sneakers infringed a design patent masking the foam-molding expertise Puma makes use of in its Nitro sneakers.
Brooks denied the allegations and mentioned it used “Nitro” solely to explain its sneakers’ nitrogen-infused midsoles.
Puma sued Brooks once more in Seattle final June, alleging Brooks’ Hyperion trainers infringed a number of different patents. Brooks denied the allegations and known as the lawsuit a “baseless action” to “harass Brooks and seek leverage in the parties’ ongoing trademark dispute.”
Brooks individually sued Puma in Virginia federal courtroom final September, looking for an order that its Glycerin trainers didn’t infringe Puma patents. Brooks advised the courtroom in a submitting final Wednesday that they’d settled the case in precept.
The Washington instances are Puma SE v. Brooks Sports activities Inc, U.S. District Courtroom for the Western District of Washington, Nos. 2:23-cv-00116 and a pair of:24-cv-00940.
For Puma: Johanna Wilbert, Michael Piery, Matthew Holohan and Kent Dallow of Quarles & BradyFor Brooks: Geoffrey Potter, Aron Fischer, Lachlan Campbell-Verduyn and Jay Cho of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
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