Puma

Puma SE, commonly known as Puma, is a German multinational corporation headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany, with a North American headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts. Founded in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler, Puma is a publicly traded company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (PUM.DE). As of 2024, the company reported annual sales of approximately €8.8 billion and an average of 18,668 employees globally.

Puma designs, develops, manufactures, and markets athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories. Its major product lines include performance products for sports such as Football, Running and Training, and Motorsport, as well as Sportstyle collections rooted in sports culture. The Puma Group also owns the Cobra Golf brand, specializing in golf equipment and apparel, and stichd, which develops and distributes bodywear and socks. The company distributes its products in over 120 countries through wholesale, Puma-owned retail outlets, and e-commerce.

In terms of patent litigation, Puma operates as a defendant operating company. The provided case data shows Puma has been a defendant in one tracked case and has not appeared as a plaintiff. This indicates a posture of defending its operations and products against assertions by others, rather than actively asserting patents itself.

The sole tracked case involving Puma is Nike, Inc. v. Puma, filed on May 3, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. This case highlights inter-company litigation within the sportswear industry.