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Flyknit patent ruling reversed

08/04/2026

A US federal judge has overturned a jury ruling that found Lululemon liable for infringing Nike’s Flyknit patent. Judge Arun Subramanian, sitting in the Southern District of New York, recently ruled that claims 1 and 14 of Nike’s 2012 patent are invalid for obviousness, reversing a $355,450 fine.

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