Oh, patents! YSL star vaquero/a boots (santiags)

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

The vaquero/a boot (1) patent drawing, shown below, together with the image of an embodied marketed model, is also a Hedi Slimane design, for Yves Saint Laurent (YSL). The design was awarded the US design patent, USD762354, titled Shoe. The patent was awarded to Slimane, on August 2, 2016. The House of YSL was both Applicant and Assignee. 

As a reminder :

“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) [MPEP Chapt. 1502.01; [R-07.2015]]. 

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Note

(1) In Spanish, vaquero/vaquera botas, in English cowboy/cowgirl or Western boots, in French santiags, these terms are used variously across French, English and Spanish. 

References

USPTO MPEP – Chapt. 1502-01 – Distinction between design and utility patent.
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1502.html

YSL (House) 

https://www.ysl.com/en-us