Akeva Wins on Patent Infringement Suit against adidas in U.S. District court
A federal judge in the Middle District of North Carolina concluded this summer that sportswear manufacturer adidas infringed on the patent of Akeva, an athletic shoes manufacturer.
Specifically, Akeeva won on two patent charges against adidas. The first patent was for an improved shoe sole, and the second was for an improved heel structure. Akeva claimed inventor David F. Maschan designed the patents and then assigned them to Akeva. Adidas had argued that in creating a design similar t