Got Milk[crate]? – Plaintiff Claims LeBron-Endorsed Shoe Violates Mark
By Robert E. Freeman
Most of us know that “milk does the body good,” but few among us would’ve thought that a milk-crate pattern on the bottom of our sneakers might help us run faster or jump higher. Apparently, two competing shoe manufacturers believe so. In a complaint recently filed in the Southern District of New York against Nike by Milkcrate Athletics, Milkcrate alleges that Nike’s Zoom LeBron Soldier – a basketball shoe endorsed by superstar LeBron James – prominently