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Business Wars Daily

Nike Wants To Sell Virtual Shoes

Business Wars Daily

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Business, Business News, News, Daily News

4.6717 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today is Friday, November 12, and we're looking at Nike vs. RTFKT.

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The From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this November 12th.

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Nike wants to sell digital shoes. There's a sentence I never thought I'd say,

1:19.4

but it is 2021, and the shoe giant did just file trademark applications that make their plans apparent.

1:26.2

The trademark protections will act a lot like they do in the real world when companies try to sell knock-off Nike shoes or clothing.

1:28.5

But here we're talking about the digital world.

1:32.0

Shoes and apparel worn by characters in virtual games.

1:36.5

That means that if developers of video games or other online platforms ever have a hankering to outfit a character with a swoosh, or use the phrase, just do it, well,

1:41.6

they're out of luck.

1:43.0

Beyond protecting their brand in the digital world,

1:45.2

the applications also make clear Nike's intent to eventually sell virtual goods. Some games like

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