This article is more than 2 years old. Topline. Adidas will drop its opposition to a trademark application by Black Lives Matter for a logo that features three parallel stripes, ...

Adidas had filed an opposition to a Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation logo, which had three yellow stripes, saying was "confusingly similar" to its own logo.

Adidas lost a trademark infringement lawsuit Thursday it brought against Thom Browne, after it claimed the luxury fashion brand used the sportswear giant’s famous “three stripes” logo design ...

Adidas AGADS0.99%increase; green up pointing triangle said it would drop its opposition to Black Lives Matter’s bid to trademark its logo design, which, like the sportswear company’s emblem ...

The sportswear giant has used the parallel stripe logo for more than 70 years, the company noted in the filing. Just 48-hours later, however, Adidas said it had reversed course.