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Posted: 2022-11-10T15:06:21Z | Updated: 2022-11-10T15:06:21Z

Adidas may have dropped Ye, but it hasnt dropped his signature shoe design.

The German apparel company ended its nine-year partnership with the designer and rapper formerly known as Kanye West in October over his antisemitic comments. Yes Yeezy sneakers were an immediate casualty, but now Adidas says it plans to reintroduce the design as early as 2023 under a new brand.

Adidas is the sole owner of all design rights registered to existing product. We intend to make use of these rights as early as 2023, Adidas Chief Financial Officer Harm Ohlmeyer said in a quarterly earnings call Wednesday, per Insider , adding that Adidas owns all the versions and new colorways and Yeezys are our IP.

Ye started working with Adidas in 2013, and their partnership proved financially fruitful for both parties. It accounted for $1.5 billion of Yes net worth and reportedly up to 8% of Adidas sales, per Forbes .

Yeezys, a lucrative item for resellers, werent able to weather Yes career-tarnishing statements, however. He tweeted about going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE in October, claimed Jewish businessmen were targeting him, and was dropped by Adidas as a result.

Yes relationship with Adidas was fraught before it ended on Oct. 25. The former billionaire claimed in a since-deleted Instagram caption in June that the Adidas Adilette 22 sandals were a fake YEEZY made by adidas themselves, according to Highsnobiety .