adidas Loses Infringement Battle to Japan Brand's Two-Stripe Trademark

Following a trademark infringement battle loss to Shoe Branding Europe BVBA over its three-stripe logo just a few months ago, adidas once again takes a similar "L," this time to Marubeni Footwear. adidas' fight to protect its three stripes was directly brought to the Japanese Patent Office (JPO)'s attention after the company attempted to squash Marubeni's registration for a diagonal two-stripe trademark.adidas believes that Marubeni's two-stripe trademark would give customers the "same impressio...