Nike gets a temporary restraining order to halt the sale of Lil Nas X 'Satan Shoes'

In an attempt to halt a New York art collective from using their signature "swoosh," Nike has obtained a temporary restraining order against the makers of "Satan Shoes," a pair of modified Nikes decorated with symbols of the occult and a drop of human blood.
A US District Court in New York granted Nike's request this week, a move intended to bar MSCHF, the provocative company that produced the shoes, from fulfilling the rest of its orders.
The "Satan Shoes," made in collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X to coincide with his Hell-set music video for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)," were made from modified Nike Air Max 97s and feature a bronze pentagram, an inverted cross and a sole filled with red ink and, according to MSCHF, "one drop of human blood."
Nike claimed the "Satan Shoes" were "likely to cause confusion and dilution" or cause fans of Nike to believe it worked with MSCHF to create the shoe, the company said in its complaint.


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