{"id":86832,"date":"2014-02-19T10:40:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T18:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=86832"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:02:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:02:24","slug":"nike-suing-venom-mma-apparel-brand-for-copyright-infringement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nike-suing-venom-mma-apparel-brand-for-copyright-infringement\/","title":{"rendered":"NIKE Suing Venom MMA Apparel Brand For Copyright Infringement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/nike-suing-venom-mma-apparel-brand-for-copyright-infringement\/screen-shot-2014-02-19-at-10-39-14-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-86834\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-19-at-10.39.14-AM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-02-19 at 10.39.14 AM\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-19-at-10.39.14-AM.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-19-at-10.39.14-AM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-19-at-10.39.14-AM-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is Venom knocking-off Nike?<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent lawsuit filed by the world&#8217;s largest sporting brand, they are.<\/p>\n<p>The popular MMA apparel company responsible for the sponsoring of many top UFC fighters is apparently in some hot water for their logo and the way they present themselves in business.<\/p>\n<p>Nike claims that they own the &#8216;Venom&#8217; logo and are going after them for using it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Nike-Sues-Owners-of-Venum-MMA-Brand-for-Alleged-Trademark-Infringement-63767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog<\/a> Breaks down the legal complaint that was recently filed in the Oregon District Court:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Because of NIKE\u2019s use and promotion of the mark VENOM throughout the United States in connection with athletic apparel and equipment, consumers have come to associate VENOM as a source identifier of NIKE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Venum advertise, offer to sell, and\/or distribute athletic apparel and equipment in the United States bearing the mark VENUM.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Defendants intentionally attempt to draw associations between NIKE and Defendants. For example in addition to Infringing Products Defendants advertise offer to sell, or distribute authentic NIKE product on their websites. As of the filing date of this Complaint, Defendants were offering at least eleven different styles of NIKE boxing shoes on their website.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Venom knocking-off Nike? According to a recent lawsuit filed by the world&#8217;s largest sporting brand, they are. The popular MMA apparel company responsible for the sponsoring of many top UFC fighters is apparently in some hot water for their logo and the way they present themselves in business. Nike claims that they own the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":86834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10086],"tags":[11,649,675,15,16,7616],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NIKE Suing Venom MMA Apparel Brand For Copyright Infringement | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nike-suing-venom-mma-apparel-brand-for-copyright-infringement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NIKE Suing Venom MMA Apparel Brand For Copyright Infringement | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is Venom knocking-off Nike? 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