The story of how Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman developed a running shoe sole from a waffle maker has become a minor legend.
He and his colleagues had even compiled a list of the top 50 training shoe sole patterns which had been found at crime scenes in the region.
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For example, expecting no compensation at all, they helped one of our employees connect the Magento website for his shoe business, Sole Envy, to Fishbowl.
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Attendees in Shanghai included a production executive at Nike's close-by Suzhou Sports subsidiary, which makes the rigid plastic support of its shoe's sole using Huntsman's diphenylmethane diisocyanate, or MDI.
Attendees in Shanghai included a production executive at Nike (nyse: NKE - news - people )'s close-by Suzhou Sports subsidiary, which makes the rigid plastic support of its shoe's sole using Huntsman's diphenylmethane diisocyanate, or MDI.
However, the appeals court said that the evidence presented demonstrated that Louboutin's mark is closely associated with contrast and that nearly every one of the consumers who misidentified that shoe's maker in Louboutin surveys cited the shoe's red sole, rather than its general red color.
Few things could be less functional than shiny red paint on the sole of a shoe, where it almost immediately will be scuffed.
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The solution: They cut a groove in the sole plate of his shoe and inserted a flexible pad, better to keep his feet on the ground.
The act of throwing a shoe at someone or showing them your sole is "incredibly offensive" in the Middle East, he said.
The English foot, for example, is almost identical to the Japanese Kanejaku, and both are as long as the sole of an average man's shoe.
Four footwear designs - made from the likes of Christian Louboutins, Nike Airs, Hunter Wellingtons and a classic Brogue men's shoe -- replete with a fully functional phone embedded in the sole.
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