Fendi®, the Italian luxury fashion design company, with the
double “F” logo, was founded in
Rome, Italy, in 1925, by Adele and Edoardo Fendi. Originally a leather and custom fur company, Fendi® was taken over by the founders’ five daughters—Paola, Anna, Franca, Carla and Alda. The five sisters modernized and diversified the
company collections, bringing in the German Designer Karl Lagerfeld, as the company’s Creative Director, in 1965, for
a tenure that lasted 54 years. Today, Maria Silvia Venturini Fendi, a third-generation
Fendi, granddaughter of the founders, Adele and Edoardo Fendi, heads the company’s
creative designs.
Among the many US design patents awarded to Maria Silvia Venturini
Fendi, USD844949, titled Shoe, was awarded on April 9, 2019. This patented shoe was initially marketed as the Fendi® Sock Ankle Boot, made of knitted
fabric, that molds the wearer’s feet and ankles.
As a reminder:
Included below, Figure 2, extracted from the patent, together with two marketed
models of the Fendi® Sock Ankle Boot.
References
Fendi®
https://www.fendi.com/us
MPEP – Chapt. 1502-01 – Distinction between design and utility patent
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1502.html
MPEP – Chapt. 1502-01 – Distinction between design and utility patent
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1502.html
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