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ADVERTISEMENT Steve Madden Can t Trim Converse Shoe Design Patent Claim Law360 (August 2, 2021, 10:04 PM EDT) A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday denied Steve Madden Ltd. s bid to dismiss part of a design patent infringement claim raised by Converse Inc. in its lawsuit over high top sneaker designs, finding that the shoes looks are similar enough to preserve Converse s claim at this time. In a seven-page decision, U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton determined that the shoes are not plainly dissimilar when comparing illustrations of Converse s design patent to Steve Madden s allegedly infringing Madden Girl Winnona Flatform High-Top. The judge continued that it was possible that consumers could be confused or misled into thinking that the accused. ....