US EditionHandsFree Labs and Kizik File Lawsuit Against Skechers for Willful Patent Infringement of Hands-Free Footwear Technologies
SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH, JUL 25 – HandsFree Labs alleges Skechers willfully infringed on over 200 patents, including four utility and two design patents, in its hands-free footwear line, impacting market innovation.
- On July 24, 2025, HandsFree Labs, Inc. sued Skechers USA, Inc. for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
- HandsFree Labs, Inc., founded in 2017, holds over 200 patents and has licensed its technology to Nike, Inc. since 2019.
- Skechers USA, Inc. knowingly and willfully infringed four utility and two design patents, using its “Heel Pillow” system without licensing.
- Gareth Hosford, CEO of HandsFree Labs, said `This isn't just a product Skechers copied, it's a category we created`.
- Despite its success, HFL warns that unchecked copying could undermine future innovation and inventors' rights, as Skechers' Slip-ins line has driven sales but poses a patent infringement risk.
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HandsFree Labs and Kizik File Lawsuit Against Skechers for Willful Patent Infringement of Hands-Free Footwear Technologies
SALT LAKE CITY, July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- HandsFree Labs, Inc. ("HFL"), the intellectual property and innovation engine behind Kizik®, the brand that created the hands-free footwear category, announced today it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Skechers USA,…
Kizik Sues Skechers for Infringing on its Hands-Free Shoe Tech: ‘This is a Category we Created’ – RetailWit
HandsFree Labs (HFL), the company behind “hands-free” footwear brand Kizik, has sued Skechers for patent infringement, claiming that Skechers knowingly and willfully copied HFL’s patented technologies for its line of Hands Free Slip-ins footwear. HFL holds more than 200 issued and pending patents globally dating back more than 15 years, and has licensed that technology to brands including Nike, but Skechers is not one of them. HFL claims that “S…
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