Overview

• Nike filed the lawsuit on August 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California under case number 2:25-cv-07447, invoking diversity jurisdiction
• The company is seeking $126,615,000 from Edison Chen more than a year after he wrapped up two decades of collaborations under the Nike-CLOT partnership
• The complaint names Chen exclusively and does not include CLOT or adidas as defendants
• Chen’s alignment with adidas in 2023 led to joint releases like the CLOT Silk Gazelle and the CLOT Anthony Edwards AE-1
• The lawsuit follows Nike’s recent settlement with custom-sneaker designer The Shoe Surgeon and highlights its escalated legal defense of brand collaborations