Nike, Apple sued over Nike+iPod Sports Kit
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Oct 2, 2007 at 5:11pm
Another day, another lawsuit. Brothers Greg and Kenny Anderson of Leaper Footwear in Utah have filed a lawsuit that names both Nike and Apple, claiming that Nike knowingly stole its decade-old idea for the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit, reports AppleInsider.
The brothers that in 1995 they invented a type of footwear (which they patented in 1998) that, like the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit, measures performance parameters such as a user’s walking or running speed and/or distance traveled. According to their complaint, filed Monday in the United States District Court for The District of Utah Central Division, Leaper’s counsel sent a letter to Nike in 2000 suggesting that the shoe maker take a license to the Anderson’s patent (#5720200) and incorporate their invention into Nike shoes.Nike reportedly wrote back two weeks later, stating that it had “no interest” in pursuing the idea.
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