Skechers U.S.A., Inc. has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening PTAB docket IPR2026-00343 on April 24, 2026. At this stage, the filing appears to be a newly instituted challenge record centered on a patent dispute involving Skechers, with practitioners likely watching for the patent owner’s preliminary response, the Board’s institution decision, and the substantive invalidity theories that will shape the case.

Based on the current docket entry, Skechers is the petitioner in the proceeding.