Skechers Denies Patent Infringement in Lawsuit over Slip-Ins

Skechers denies patent infringement in lawsuit over slip-ins

Kizik Designs claimed it invented the hands-free shoe category that Skechers has made a key part of its business.

Skechers Responds to Kizik's Patent Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES -- Skechers USA, Inc. (“Skechers”), the Comfort Technology Company and leader in hands-free footwear technology, announced today that it will vigorously defend the patent suit filed in Texas federal court against Skechers by Kizik Design, LLC (“Kizik”) alleging, in essence, that the entire line of Skechers Hands Free Slip-ins® (“Slip-ins”) infringe Kizik’s patents. The Company believes that Kizik’s allegations are baseless.

Skechers Calls Kizik’s Hands-Free Slip-On Patent Lawsuit ‘Baseless’ as Legal Battle Heats Up

Skechers president Michael Greenberg said the company will “aggressively challenge” both the validity of the patents and the infringement claims.

Skechers Responds to Kizik’s Patent Lawsuit – The Times of Bengal

Skechers Responds to Kizik's Patent Lawsuit - Business Wire