Converse Sued 31 International Enterprises for IP Infringement

Converse, a Nike-owned shoemaker with an annual sale of nearly 1.7 billion US dollars, suffered from copycat for a long time. Recently, it brought a lawsuit against 31 well-known international companies such as H&M, Wal-Mart and Ralph Lauren to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, suing them for various kinds of infringements of its iconic Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers, including trademark infringement, false origin labeling, unfair competition, trademark dilution, unfair trade practice, etc. According to Converse, the above sneaker was designed in 1917, and named after the famous basketball player Chuck Taylor in 1932. Over the past two years, Converse invested approximately 30 million US dollars for its promotion and marketing only in the U.S.