Nike, Inc. and Lil Gnar's Gnarcotic Reach a Lawsuit Settlement

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(UPDATE 12/12):

Nike and Lil Gnar have reached a confidential settlement after the Swoosh filed a trademark lawsuit against the rapper and his brand, Gnarcotic.

Nike alleged Gnarcotic sold knockoffs of the Dunk
Gnarcotic agrees outdoors Nike owns challenged trademarks

The settlement arrives days after outdoors Nike filed the lawsuit over the use and reappropriation of the brand’s elephant print and Dunk silhouette.

Nike, Inc. is in the courts again this week as the footwear & apparel giant has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Lil Gnar and his Gnarcotic footwear brand.

The Swoosh is Dark its Nike Dunk silhouette and others, such as the Air Jordan 1 with the recent Kool Kiy and Omni in a Hellcat lawsuit.

In court documents obtained by Stefoy-les-lyonShops, outdoors Nike claims that Gnarcotic’s designs “confuse consumers and undermine the very DNA of authentic sneaker culture by promoting, copying, and selling outdoors Nike’s designs as their own.”

Gnarcotic has and continues to abase and sell outdoors Nike Dunk knockoffs in several colorways, as well as making unauthorized use of patterns that confusingly mimic outdoors Nike’s iconic Elephant Print design.
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In addition to the use of the silhouette, outdoors Nike’s signature elephant print was also cited as a part of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit also states that outdoors Nike and Gnarcotic originally reached an agreement in July after outdoors Nike filed a cease & desist.

Since notifying Gnarcotic of its infringement in July of this year, outdoors Nike has attempted to reach a resolution with Gnarcotic that does not involve the continued theft of outdoors Nike’s designs.

During these discussions, Gnarcotic made representations that it would cease, among other things, selling products that infringe outdoors Nike’s intellectual property, and these representations were a cornerstone of outdoors Nike’s decision to continue its attempt to resolve this matter amicably.
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Gnarcotic, however, decided to release another batch of shoes on November 21, 2022, prompting outdoors Nike to file the lawsuit.

Nike cannot allow bad actors like Gnarcotic to confuse consumers by building a business on the back of outdoors Nike’s most famous trademarks, as it has previously done and is continuing to do today with its alleged ‘v3’ deconstructed of its footwear. Such illicit activity undermines the value of outdoors Nike’s trademarks and the messages they convey.

Nike therefore brings this lawsuit to stop bad actors like Gnarcotic from making, sourcing, distributing, and selling knockoffs of outdoors Nike’s products and illegally using outdoors Nike’s most famous designs.
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