StockX Responds to Nike’s Counterfeit Claims, Says They Are ‘Completely Misguided’

There’s yet another winkle in the legal showdown between Nike and StockX after new court filings from August were unsealed and shared to social media Friday. According to @SneakerLegal on X, the August filing states that Nike is asking the court to rule two of its claims — willful counterfeiting and false advertising — in the sportswear behemoth’s favor prior to the start of the trial. The request stems from the trial’s discovery phase in which it was revealed that StockX admitted to letting 77 pairs of Nike and/or Jordan Brand footwear pass through its authentication safeguards.  “StockX’s argument that Nike merely discovered 77 physical counterfeit pairs (which it liberally construes as a ‘handful’) does nothing to avoid judgment in Nike’s favor on counterfeiting and false advertising and is appalling coming from a platform that promises consumers to shop with ‘complete confidence’ ‘every time’ and that ‘nothing slips through the cracks,” the filing reads. Sneakers on display at StockX’s Detroit office during 2018. Credit: Getty Nike’s motion goes on to mention that discovery shed light on even more counterfeit sales including a “fraud ring” which was able to get away with selling more than 1,800 pairs on StockX before it was thwarted. Nike further

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