Kizik, which is backed with an investment from Nike, says its standing up for the rights of innovators and inventors.

Kizik parent Hands Free is taking its step-in patent infringement beef with Skechers to a German patent court.

Shoe manufacturer HandsFree Labs has expanded its US lawsuit against Skechers with a complaint filed at the Unified Patent ...

One PEOPLE writer’s father says Kizik shoes erased his heel pain and prevented blisters while walking and hiking around ...

Established in 2017, HandsFree Labs has over 200 issued and pending patents, some dating back more than 15 years, covering its portfolio of hands-free footwear systems, including Cage, Flex Arc ...

HandsFree Labs, the parent company of sneaker brand Kizik, said on Thursday that it had filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Skechers, accusing the casual sneaker giant of lifting ...

SALT LAKE CITY, July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- HandsFree Labs, Inc. ("HFL"), the intellectual property and innovation engine behind Kizik®, the brand that created the hands-free footwear category ...

HandsFree Labs' lawsuit centers on Skechers's hands-free, slip-on shoes, alleging the patented technology is one it invented, developed and protected years before Skechers entered the category.

HandsFree Labs Licensing, LLC Fast IP, LLC, and Kizik Design, LLC v. Skechers U.S.A., Inc.; Case number 2:25-cv-00744 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas ...