The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued its
400,000th design patent to Nike for its Air Jordan XIV shoe
at a presentation at the National Press Club in Washington,
DC, yesterday (Nike). The shoe, which goes on sale next
month for about $140-150, is "modeled" after Jordan's
Ferrari (USA TODAY, 10/28)....While the Pro Football Hall of
Fame in Canton wants the 3-year-old kangaroo-skin Nike
Tiempo shoes worn by Broncos K Jason Elam when he tied the
NFL's longest FG record, Elam said that "it may be tough" to
give them up. Elam: "It's the only pair I have, and you
can't even get them anymore" (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 10/28).
NOTES: Bud Light has dropped its title sponsorship of
the St. Louis Formula One Grand Prix boat races after an 11-
year run. Six-time Grand Prix winner Bill Seebold: "I'm
very disappointed, and I'm a little hurt over it" (POST-
DISPATCH, 10/27)....The "rapidly growing" three-year-old CA-
based Arbor Snowboards has signed 60-year-old surfing "icon
Mickey Munoz to endorse a signature line of snowboards."
The campaign, which will launch in November issues of
"several alternative culture and snowboarding publications
... [is] aimed at ... Gen Xers" (AD AGE, 10/26 issue).
