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 ...

Kizik's parent company, HandsFree Labs, has filed a trademark infringement complaint against Skechers in Europe, alleging ...

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 Inc., which owns and markets the Kizik brand, has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Skechers USA Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.