Comments on: Eddie Van Halen Sues Nike

By: monkeyrocketsurgeon

monkeyrocketsurgeon — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:52:50 +0000

Intellectual rights are valid. The pattern/design came from Ed’s mind. Ed makes his money from creating. Ed has the money to protect his work. It’s unfortunate that a company as wealthy as nike wouldn’t have respected that. I’m sure they have their fare share of lawyers at work on their behalf.

By: JS

JS — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:47:05 +0000

All that “irreperable harm” crap is just lawyerspeak. Unfortunately, to sue somebody you gotta get a lawyer involved. He trademarked the design, Nike copied it. He deserves to get paid. I’d sue too. People tried to copy his designs and music from day one. His guitar, Ton Loc stole the beginning of Jamie’s Cryin for his lame one-hit song. Maybe he got tired of giving shit away. If somebody else wants to make money off Eddie’s design, Eddie should get paid too.
Go get ‘em Ed (and Joe).

By: TheAndySan

TheAndySan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:55:51 +0000

To be fair, the design is very similar to Eddie’s so I think that it makes sense to sue.

However, the comments he made in a statement saying the NYX sneaker did “irreparable harm and damage” to his design is complete bullshit. C’mon Ed; they just ripped off your design. It’s not like the 80′s where everybody ripped off your playing style too! Harsh yes, but you know it’s true.

There is a silver-lined cloud to all this if you happen to own the offensive pair of sneaks since Ed wants not only a cut but “the impoundment and destruction of all footwear.”

Although I didn’t notice it at first because I’m not a sneaker aficionado, but Ed’s shoes do look a lot Converse All-Stars. Almost too alike if you catch my drift…