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US sporting goods maker Nike may no longer sell some sports trousers in Germany that feature three stripes after a judge found these are too similar to the designs of rival Adidas, in a court decision on Tuesday. The Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court made the decision after an appeal but it dismissed Adidas’ objections to four other pairs of Nike trousers that also feature stripes. Unlike the Dusseldorf Regional Court, the Higher Regional Court saw sufficient differences to the Adidas design in these trousers. “Not every side stripe pattern on sports trousers is to be prohibited,” the court sta…

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