29-03-2023 01:52 via theguardian.com

Adidas asks US to bar Black Lives Matter from using three stripes in trademark

The sportswear company claims the BLM Global Network Foundation’s yellow-stripe design would be confused with its three-stripe logoSneaker giant Adidas AG has asked the US trademark office to reject an application for a Black Lives Matter trademark featuring three parallel stripes, arguing it could mislead the public.Adidas told the office in a Monday filing that Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc’s yellow-stripe design would create confusion with its own famous three-s
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