Zach Levet Illegally Selling Nike Embroidered Apparel?

It is not a matter of "if" he will get shut down but when Nike will shut him down. Nike does not play around with people who use the swoosh without a proper licensing agreement with Nike. No one is too small or too large to escape Nike's IP litigators. I have seen it happen first hand.

Someone also left a comment on his Strava. Maybe he will respond there... Not as many followers

I'm confused... How does Bashir relate to Zach? Were they in videos together or something?

Bashir is one of Zach's best friends

tigalicious wrote:

I'm confused... How does Bashir relate to Zach? Were they in videos together or something?

drives me crazy wrote:

Mark on Nov 11, 2020

5 out of 5 stars

We needed an adjustment to the size, and Bashir was so helpful in getting us the correct size quickly. Thank you!

Copy/pasted from one of the reviews on Etsy. Proves that it is Bashir and Levet's store.

Just for documenting purposes, here are some screenshots:

Someone also mentioned making a Chanel sweatshirt, and here is one of those:

this is hilarious.

The impression I get from Zach is that he prides himself on being a "free thinker" and that too many people are held back by "rules" that needlessly restrict. And so he markets himself as this personality who lives his dreams at all costs and isn't held back by convention. And it's this kind of thinking that leads to selling counterfeit NIKE apparel. In the end, a tiny bit more commonsense may have served him well.

just do it.

Holy crap! Nike might not need to even do much investigation for this case. Here is their evidence:

1. Picture of Nike logo programmed on his sewing machine.

2. Sale reviews of MULTIPLE different items with Bike logos sewed onto them.

3. Zach repeatedly saying him and his friends own an embroidery company.

4. Zach also saying that he makes significant profit off of the company.

I don’t know if this is worth Nike pursuing. But they could send him home DEVASTATED if they wanted.

Disgusting. He should be in jail for a long, long time.

He still has 2 of the “Nike” sweaters on the store as of now. Will be interesting what happens over the next few months.

So, again, this kid dropped out of college and is manufacturing fake designer clothing and selling it on etsy? And this makes him some kind of boy wonder genius?

Are the guys that sell bootleg stuff outside the subways in NYC business geniuses? Isn't this the exact same thing?

Here is a link to Zach and Bashir’s podcast. Just listen to the first few minutes of the most recent episode and they talk about how well their embroidery business is doing.

https://the-zach-bashir-podcast.simplecast.com/

Libertarian Centrist wrote:

Disgusting. He should be in jail for a long, long time.

That's not very Libertarian

animaxcg wrote:

Libertarian Centrist wrote:

Disgusting. He should be in jail for a long, long time.

That's not very Libertarian

Lol you clearly have no idea what libertarianism in

Libertarian = Minimal state intervention in the free market and lives of citizens.

An argument could be made that government enforce of trademarks is beyond the "minimal" government intervention believed to be necessary by libertarians. A stronger argument could be made that enforcement of trademarks through criminal law (i.e. putting a violator in jail) is beyond the scope of minimal government intervention believed appropriate by libertarians.

Googling Defintions wrote:

Libertarian = Minimal state intervention in the free market and lives of citizens.

An argument could be made that government enforce of trademarks is beyond the "minimal" government intervention believed to be necessary by libertarians. A stronger argument could be made that enforcement of trademarks through criminal law (i.e. putting a violator in jail) is beyond the scope of minimal government intervention believed appropriate by libertarians.

I think trademark infringement is primarily a civil issue and not criminal.

Though it is possible for federal or state criminal prosecution to occur it is very rare.

He is really going to get in trouble. Think about how powerful Nike is, they could pretty much shut down his YT channel.

Best review of his

“ Ya hate to see it. I wish I could upload pictures of how terrible this custom sweater I wished to replicate. Truly amazed at how this seller took my money and sent out this piece of garbage to my house. You knew the sweater your reproduced look nothing like the sample pictures I sent you. If I were to describe how the sweater looks, it looks like someone stained their menstrual period on to it in certain parts on the threading. Why would you send this out knowing that it looks nothing like it?? If you are unable to replicate the design, just say you can’t and refund my money.”

thin ice over hot water wrote:

He is really going to get in trouble. Think about how powerful Nike is, they could pretty much shut down his YT channel.

I hope they do.