Oakley, Inc. (“Oakley”) filed suit against 7-Eleven, Inc. (7-Eleven) on June 25, 2015 in the District Court for the Southern District of California.  In its Complaint, Oakley alleges that certain products sold and/or offered for sale at 7-Eleven stores infringe the following design patents: 

• No. D649,579 (the ‘579 Patent”);
• No. D547,794 (the ‘794 Patent”);
• No. D554,689 (the ‘689 Patent”);
• No. D556,818 (the ‘818 Patent”);
• No. D692,047 (the ‘047 Patent”); and
• No. D653,699 (the ‘699 Patent”).

Fig. 1 of the '579 Patent

The Complaint also alleges that the sunglasses pictured directly below, which were found in a 7-Eleven store in Laguna Hills, California, infringe the ‘699 Patent (Fig. 1 of which is provided below the Laguna Hills 7-Eleven sunglasses).

Oakley has frequently sought to protect its intellectual property rights, including asserting some of the same design patents listed above. We have reported on numerous complaints filed by Oakley involving its design patents, a few of which can be found here, here and here.

Special thanks to Ms. Clothilde Lucius for contributing to this post.