{"id":421,"date":"2009-06-23T01:39:13","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T01:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.dropcents.com\/blog\/?p=421"},"modified":"2009-06-23T06:56:59","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T06:56:59","slug":"van-halen-vs-nike-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/van-halen-vs-nike-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Halen vs. Nike Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/nike-van-halen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-422\" title=\"van-halen Sues Nike\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/nike-van-halen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DROPCENTS EXCLUSIVE&#8230; Regarding the recent lawsuit proceedings of the Eddie Van Halen camp against Nike regarding the use of one of his trademarked graphics on a pair of Nike Dunk Lows.<!--more--> The graphic stems from Van Halen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s infamous red\/white\/black striped pattern seen on his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Frankenstein\u00e2\u20ac\u009d guitar which he has held the rights to since 2001. Nike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s retort \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Based on the information provided to us, we have not infringed on any rights held by Mr. Van Halen,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dunk shoe design is not substantially similar to any of the Van Halen designs, and Nike has not referenced the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcVan Halen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 name or image as part of any marketing campaign or promotional material associated with the shoe.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Van Halen wants Nike to stop running with the devil.<br \/>\nReps for the Van Halen rocker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s company, ELVH Inc., filed a cause of action for copyright infringement Friday in Los Angeles Federal District Court against Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike.<br \/>\nELVH alleges that the design of certain Nike Dunk Low styles infringe on the copyright the company holds for the red-white-and-black-striped pattern Van Halen made famous on his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Frankenstein\u00e2\u20ac\u009d guitar \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and for which the musician has held the copyright since 2001.<br \/>\nCiting \u00e2\u20ac\u0153irreparable harm and damage,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ELVH is asking for the impoundment and destruction of all the shoes in question, as well as all profits from the sale of the shoes and damages.<br \/>\nAs previously reported by Footwear News, Van Halen released a line of men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s high- and low-top sneakers featuring the Frankenstein design earlier this spring though licensee New Jersey-based FEA Merchandising, a company specializing in recording-artist merchandise.<br \/>\nLawyers for Van Halen said they had no comment beyond the filing, preferring, they said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to try cases in court.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nIn a statement provided to FN by a brand spokesperson, Nike said it was aware of the lawsuit but did not believe it to have merit. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Based on the information provided to us, we have not infringed on any rights held by Mr. Van Halen,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dunk shoe design is not substantially similar to any of the Van Halen designs, and Nike has not referenced the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcVan Halen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 name or image as part of any marketing campaign or promotional material associated with the shoe.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DROPCENTS EXCLUSIVE&#8230; Regarding the recent lawsuit proceedings of the Eddie Van Halen camp against Nike regarding the use of one of his trademarked graphics on a pair of Nike Dunk Lows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,30],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fashion","category-news","tag-van-halen-dunks-nike","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}