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Hm. Here's a story from 2014 that says he created the rough design, and Nike refined it.
https://www.nicekicks.com/kawhi-leon...law-logo-idea/
The plot thickens.
That's gonna be the basis of their legal argument tbh
Nephew tracing his hand in court and then waving the paper as proof is going to win them the case
Hm. Here's a story from 2014 that says he created the rough design, and Nike refined it.
https://www.nicekicks.com/kawhi-leon...law-logo-idea/
The plot thickens.
“I give the Jordan Brand team all the credit because I’m no artist at all,” Leonard. “They refined it and made it look better than I thought it would ever be, and I’m extremely happy with the final version.”
Lmao cant this be used in court?
Didn't want to start another thread, but Ric Bucher just said the Spurs wanted Kawhi to take a discount. Skip confirmed it.
Yeah I don't buy that. If that were true you know cris Carter and Shannon sharpe etc would have been raving about Pop being a plantation owner or something ridiculous
yeah I don't know how legit this is or if this was before him sitting out a whole season
Why does Nike even want the logo?
cause why would they help a compe or sell shoes?
Can they still sell Kawhi brand shoes though?
*Nike
Kawhi wouldn’t take a discount from SA but will play for another team for less than the Supermax.
no but why give him the logo and let him use it to help sell more of his brand? Not to mention it sets a horrible precedent for them if they just give away their IP
Nike wants it for the obvious reason, it's worth money.
Also, if Nike owns it they can prevent New Balance from using it, which gives Nike an advantage against a compe or. Part of big business is the ability to step on your compe ors and keep them down.
Leonard's complaint demands a jury trial, btw. The jurisdiction is southern Cali.
Not sure if posted already, but looks like Kawhi just purchased a house in Toronto.
https://www.narcity.com/sports/ca/on...to-new-reports
Does Kawhi have a leg to stand on here? Did he even patent the logo as his own?
Otherwise it would be a free for all.
His old logo seriously has a chance to be the most iconic logo since the jumpman logo. Especially if he ends up in LA. It's that awesome, imo. I can see why he wants it back. Hopefully Nike wins though. that got.
Here's the lawsuit filing on scribd.
https://www.scribd.com/do ent/4123...-over-logo-use
I believe that under U.S. law now, an author of a writing or artwork gains legal protection for whatever he creates just by creating it. He doesn't have to file anything at the time.
So Kawhi will have to convince a jury that he created at least the basic concept of the design himself. He'll be a black guy who made good, in a popular sport, talking to a jury of people in his old home area, saying that a big bad company stole his work. Nike will be the rich white oppressors from far away, who use sweatshop labor in foreign countries. Nike should maybe think about trying to settle.
Last edited by JeffDuncan; 06-03-2019 at 07:35 PM.
Unless there was a strong feeling that Neph just wanted to get his supermax, then eventually bolt anyways PATFO ed up. He already wasn't getting the superstar treatment from the team that other stars got around the league (I'm fine with that) and was getting lowballed by Jordan brand--no need for the team to also pile on with insulting offers.
My guess is the relationship played a big role in it though. If the relationship was strong and Nephew truly seemed committed to retiring a Spur but at the same time made it known he wanted the supermax, the Spurs would've obliged, imo.
Incredibly dumb move on top of incredibly bad timing.
But don’t they have to wait 35 years? That what’s been going on with the Friday the 13th franchise. And Stephen King recently reclaiming movie rights to his early books.
It seems he has only one leg left to stand on.
It was his idea though? Nike just refined it? Tough call tbh
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