Fashion Blog details , ” Mysterious Chinese “Inventor” is Amassing Patents for Others’ “it” Bags”
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Ms. Larian is no stranger to seeking – and actively enforcing – legal protections for Cult Gaia’s popular products, and yet, she was not the one who filed the application; nor was it one of the Japanese artisans more originally tied to the creation of the bag. Instead, the application lists a Guangdong, China-based woman named Minling Lin as both the patent applicant and the inventor of the handbag.
It would take over a year for the application to make its way through the USPTO, but in March 2019, Ms. Minling was awarded a design patent for the ornamental features of the bag, and with it, the ability to legally pursue on patent infringement grounds those who make use of such features without licensing them from her.
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