Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Oh, patents! Balenciaga shoe

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

This Balenciaga shoe is patented! The US design patent USD754955, titled Shoe, was awarded to Isabelle Guichot, the former Balenciaga CEO. A figure drawing on file for this US design patent, and an image of the marketed product are included below. 

As a reminder the difference between a US design patent and a US utility patent is the following:
“a “utility patent” protects the way an article is used and works (35 U.S.C. 101), while a "design patent" protects the way an article looks (35 U.S.C. 171)” (USPTO)

References
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