Overview

• Oaxaca officials have set three conditions for resolving the dispute: withdrawal of the Oaxaca Slip-On, public credit to the Villa Hidalgo Yalalag community, and restitution talks
• The state has threatened to file a complaint with the Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial under new laws protecting Indigenous cultural expressions
• President Claudia Sheinbaum said Adidas is already in discussions with Oaxaca authorities to compensate the affected artisans
• The federal government is preparing new regulations to impose penalties for misappropriating Indigenous cultural expressions
• Adidas has not issued a public response and the shoe remains unreleased despite widespread online circulation of its images