Funny considering Nike's history really started when Knight's partnership soured with Onitsuka, and they ripped off the Tiger with the Cortez

Nike getting 500 patents a year is honestly scary. How many different ways can you make a damn shoe. They bout to gobble up everyone left

I don't really understand a lawsuit against customized sneakers. It's like trying to prevent that someone makes a profit on modding cars.

I always wondered why while Warren Lotas and others were getting sued by Nike, Bape sat unscathed. Sure they finally got sued later but I was always curious why Nike let the Bapesta slide for over 10 years. Cuz they were the first to do it on a big scale? Cuz they were big brand already? I’m not sure.

The only foul suit is against Lululemon. A lot of brands use some kind of flyknit, I believe it's unfair to trademark it.

This man said "now nike is a socially responsible company" that's crazy 🤣🤣

Man I seriously love your videos. They’re very low key and chill but I can tell you still put a ton of effort into making them high quality and entertaining. Keep it up!

Welcome back! I would love to see a video on the ACG line of the Y2K era (their vintage ACG Y2K jacket apparel rocks!) and the Alpha project that birthed the Kukini and the Presto spawing off of it too!

Many of my neighbors back home work for Nike, Columbia, Adidas, and Under Armor. In 2016 Nike made the uniforms for Army team of the Army Navy game. They chose to honor the 82nd Airborne in the uniform design. As a former paratrooper of the 82nd Airborne Division I really wanted one of the jerseys since the mass produced version used my regiment’s logo. When my neighbor found out that I wanted one, he secured two for me and left them on my porch on my birthday in 2017. My neighbors always hooked me up with free gear or passes to purchase gear at employee stores. I’ll always rep my home brands.

Back in the early 2000s I bought several Bape sneakers based on the Air Max design. They also cloned the Converse Superstar and Chuck Taylor's. I think it just started out as a tongue in cheek brand, centered around the catch phrase A Bathing Ape, which referenced the lazy youth of Japanese society that took inspiration from American culture of lost youth, graffiti art, skate culture and hip hop. The brand was exclusive back then due to being worn by rappers and collabs with Kanye & Pharrell. They even copied American Express cards by offering green & gold membership cards in the Amex design.The cardholders were given exclusive rights to buy merchandise only available to members who had to be Japanese citizens which were verified by a Japanese address and bank account. Many American G.I's stationed in Yokohama or Okinawa who had Japanese girlfriends were able to buy the highly sought after clothes & sneakers that foreigners couldn't purchase. Nowadays Bape's glory days are far behind as rappers have stopped wearing the brand but they still heavily clone other brands including the Bapex watch which is a carbon copy of a cheap looking iced out Rolex.

Im suprised Nike doesn't sue Sketchers. They're ripping off most of Nike designs and even the colour ways.

I think I’m on the side of Nike, I mean I feel like the brands that take the silhouette and just add a different logo and heel tag text should be punished, it’s lazy honestly, like others don’t try to change anything truly. Now if the silhouette changed or the upper design was changed total then it would be fine, like a bapesta it’s the same silhouette as a AF1 but with and different upper design would be ok, but no it’s just lazy “customs”

The airmax at 0:20 all the way to the right are the n64. One of my faves!! I still need a pair.

Nike have never been socially responsible, they fleece their customers, especially the poorest one's who made them what they are.

Thanks for the upload amigo 👍 stay dry this weekend 🌧🌧

I think Ari captured Nike perfectly when he created the menthol 10s tbh. "The 2 companies that have taken the most and given the least"

I worked at the dallas cowboys warehouse years ago and had to destroy product. They basically give you a giant blade and you cut it up till its unuseable..

I thought you were going to feature the recent suing of New Balance. To me that was a very breaking news. And I would like to learn more about it.

It's already happening here in the Philippines. Just like the thunderbolt. I hope they will come up with their own designs.

A nike ad popped up should i be scared?

I love Nike. But I also love Japanese culture, beyond streetwear. If you put a pair of Bapestas right next to pair of AF1s, the quality in the Bapestas are light years better. There’s just no competing with Japanese craftsmanship which is why I feel Nike is reluctant to proceed in trying to settle any lawsuits with Bape. In all honesty though, ever since Nigo’s departure from Bape, the quality and creativity in the products haven’t really appealed to me. His Human Made line is more in line with his (and my) more mature street style. I’ll leave Bape for the kids.

MiniDV ha! My home videos of the kids were on those. Only one place in the country that converts them to digital now, that I could find.

Nike gonna sue us consumers for taking photos in Nikes now 😂

It's like this. ... You post?! I watch!!

Your next video should be about crocs (New subscriber can’t stop watching you❤❤)

Nike is stretching with the 2nd story lol

Wow, "had a hell of a weekend" 😂😂😂

Excellent content as always gentlemen.

I have a couple Nike Air retro 90s high tops and a few polos. Otherwise after reading Kara Goucher’s book, The Longest Run and Nike covering up some awful stuff I’m never buying a Nike product again. I keep telling my daughters to quit buying Nike products.

The AF1 is the default silhouette for sneakers

need more details

Nike is not only one of the best athletics brand but one of if not THEE greatest company of ALL TIME

They went pretty soft on these companies. They could have really destroyed them if they wanted to.

“Another one.” I commented on this stuff many times in different places. Nike owes a lot to Karhu and Onitsuka. adidas and Converse created the look of modern Bball shoes. Nike came in and bought one of them out. Well played… despite my misgivings around the Karhu and Onitsuka rip-offs. Current events are comical to me. ✌🏽💙👟

Now we want vid about recent lawsuit against adidas and NB.

The MISCHIF lawsuit was warranted. And then some. What the H were those idiots thinking. I think most of these lawsuits are appropriate. Good video bro👍.

Велич хорош, за одну ночь наснимал видосов на неделю 💪

Interesting video you got here.

The shoes that I was waiting for you to mention are Ari Menthol 10s [AF1s] because Nike & Newport made sure to shut down those customs to be made again. 😂😂😂😂

I agree with each lawsuit

How much bape go for they popping in my middle school day never knew they was japa

A lot of brands shoes were sued recently for claiming to use the same Flyknit material in the upper. This includes most brands using a strategic mesh upper that looks similar to the Flyknit pattern but often uses own materials not even close to the Flykint upper. The sueing covers some brands that use a similar technique to get the upper made but are a totally different material as well as a different upper pattern. I mean one of the dumber of these was claiming the ASCIS, formerly Onitsuka the upper on the DS Trainer 23 when that debuted last year was the same as the Flyknit upper on one of the Free models but this was found to be a different material though the weave was similar to the Nike the pattern was not becuse of some materials used on the toe section that are not like Flynkit upper. The other major suing was the Nike Ripstop upper that actually Nike is stopping suing for after Nike people found out the shoes upper was stolen from Adidas in the Adidas Bounce models when those first debuted in 2012, they determined only this from Nike suing is that both Nike and Adidas get to keep making their uppers so it was a waste of time.

I would like to know about Nike vs Panam

Can you talk about the discontinuation of the Nike Cortez

i got a nike ad before this... 🤣

I guess Nike is thinking if we are being held accountable for our actions we’re gonna expect that equally. Which is fair

i haven't worn the bape stars but honestly they look good cant deny

Nike is responsible ? lol 😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I almost 💩 my pants!!!!!!

As much as I have been a Nike customer since 1991 (more off than on), I am glad that my support of Nike and other major brands have slowly ended. I am getting more and more into barefoot shoes (drop zero heels, wide toe box, etc...).

I hope you guys are okay. You are missed. You definitely made some of the best sneaker content on the internet.

If not mistaken , nike also having lawsuit against sketchers

I wonder why Bape still NOT being cancelled and getting the hype despite crazy copying the Nike designs

Why you never make video about adidas torsion zx 8000 from 90s this shoes are in europe a sensation special color aqua blue

It is so crazy to think some of these shoe designers just don't sign a contract with Nike to make their designs. That way everyone is happy and the shoes are official.

Keeping tags on the merch looks dumb to me (but I'm also old), especially when everyone leaves them on a hat that they're wearing. It just discolors the actual location of the tag (but again, I'm old 😂).

I wonder if the Shoe Surgeon ever got in trouble?

Can I get the song list please? :')

Same reason they stopped doing the more almost indestructible better version of the Air Force 1 (Aka the Lunar Force 1): money

Can't call someone a designer if they completely rip off a design that already exists.

Nope, they released 666 shoes, not 606. Great vid!

I did some work for them, and they were and are extremely strict about copyright, I won’t even say their name in this comment. The artwork I created for a runway show, I wasn’t allowed to post the photos of on my social media. You can tell what I did for them because all the swooshes had to be removed. I am not really mad about, just bummed because I can’t flex my portfolio pieces I did for them

Bro most of these companies got no creativity but idk why they wanna sue people that make custom shoes they bought the shoes it’s theirs

As a person frim Germany, I speek latin and feel kinda offended😂jk great vid keep it up

I don’t understand if everyone is so creative, just come up with your own 😂😂

Nike tripping on these lawsuits

No matter what, Nike has rights.

This is why I sued that brand for stealing my concept designs that I had

Please do a video on how AND 1 and The Shaq brand get away with it. I’m sure of the brand actually. But it’s the knockoff’s at Wal-Mart I’m talking about. Do they have to pay Nike some kind of royalty?

They only get mad when it’s a big company 🙄

All I will say!!? If converse hightops actually performed? We would all be wearing them now, not historically.

Wtf I love nike but acting like the Ferrari of the sneaker industry is not cool

Omni?

I'd never go after Ape, they are iconic for us back in the day. No one is getting rich of those shoes anymore. Just let them rest in peace and not sour our memories. Man I love those shadow grey apes.

Nike is right get ur own swag

Once a person buys shoes, those shose belong to the person to do whatever they want.

bro i cant lie i deadass thought bapestas were a bape x nike collab

The Nike vs Lululemon thing is funny. Nike definitely "borrowed" Lululemon-like materials for their athletic wear and copied the yoga-pant-like fits. If Lululemon makes shoes that look different but have a similar material, then Nike really has no case.

They right..they loosing billions on chinese copys..🤔

they dont want competition

On the side of children making fifty cents an hour.

If you can’t beat them delete them.

Honestly, what would y'all do if someone was using something you made? In this type of situation of course.

*BAPSTA SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER* Nike n Disney Been Known To Sue Anybody

the bape shoes were BLATANT copies...still nice doe

Nike ripped off Newport Cigarettes with their logo.

Nike Is sueing everyone but for a good reason they're constantly making knockoffs of their shoes 😭😭😭🙏

Well, they have patents. You need to protect your patents or it will be dismissed after 10 years. So Nike is suing everyone infiringing there design patents in order to keep there patents and make money of em.

calling nike socially conscious is just some next level naivety

Just sue it 😭😭😭

Yaw not clicking the like button?🤔

Looks like Nike are in Their Ferrari Arc

Damn this channel still exists 😂

Everyone copying AF1’s need to step their game up. Like cmon. 3 panels on the side profile. Toe box with identical ventilation. Shape. Sole. Stop it. If companies actually designed different shoes then maybe someone will actually hit with their own iconic design. For example, Shell Toe Adidas, Adidas Allstars, Converse. Like cmon yo, step it up.

Is stock X legit I want buy from them

Horrid taste with these pope air max

I’m gonna have to agree with Nike on this. These shoes are literally plagiarism of their products.

The assholes at Nike purposely limit production of their most wanted shoes, then have the balls to sue over replicas? Nike does not give a shit about their customers. They'd rather drive up prices than satisfy customers. I will buy replicas all day long. If Nike increased production, I would happily buy their retail shoes.

Nike bruh

Nike needs to focus on making their shoes comfortable rather than cute.

Because they can.