"Adidas is like a cub protecting a tigress, fiercely protecting its classic stripe design," commented Forbes magazine. On April 10, German sports brand giant protection won the "cub" victory again. The favorable ruling of the European Court of Justice marks Adidas' hegemony of "three bars" and moves towards "two bars" and "four bars". It also marks the "marginal hegemony" of Germany and the beginning of European Union and global expansion. Although Adidas' trademark is three stripes, the ruling of the European Court of Justice can legally prevent any of our competitors from using two or four stripes. The court explained that what matters is not the number of stripes, but whether the purchase is related to the trademark of Adidas. Adidas beat this goal, including C & ampa, H & ampm, Marca model and Vendex international mounter. By this ruling, Adidas has been struggling for 10 years. At the end of1990s, the Netherlands filed a lawsuit against Adidas in the local court, claiming that the stripe design on all four pens it used violated its two trademark rights. Regarding the "difficult case", the Dutch court was protracted, and the two sides did not finally submit the judgment to the European Court of Justice until last year. The European Court of Justice ruled that the case will return to the Dutch court again, and the latter will decide the amount of compensation. In fact, in the1970s, the German court had already made a final judgment, and any adidas design with two, three or four stripes was a "three bars" trademark.

In Germany, Adidas' "marginal lawsuits" also occur constantly. In 2003, Adidas sued Fitness World Trade Company in Luxembourg. In 2005, the American court accused Adidas and A & their two striped clothing and sports shoes of infringing their trademarks. But the design of "five bars" is still an exception. Since 1966, American K-Swiss footwear brands have been using undisputed five fringes. The European Union's ruling in the court this month means that within the European Union, clothing and sports shoes, if you use two, three or four stripes, are likely to infringe the Adidas trademark. This is of course aimed at Adidas' competitors, but it has also caused dissatisfaction among some independent designers. Lahcen Earle, a famous London designer, said in an interview with the media that this stripe design element "should not be the private property of a company". She believes that the most dangerous verdict is "the restriction on designers and the creative struggle against the whole design industry"

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