Different Designers Same Names

[harley]

Why do different designers have the same names for their designs? I can ti\hink of at least three luxe companies that have an east-west bag, and twp that have a cabas? aren't names trademarked?

 

[Nola]

I´ve been thinking about that too actually, it´s weird!

 

[sonya]

I don't think they're trademarked. That would be too time consuming and costly for the companies.

 

[missbabydolce]

east-west just means the shape is longer....it shouldnt be trademarked it would like be trademarking 'bag' .... and cabas is french for basket...which alot of companies use to describe it....

 

[Swanky]

I agree, you couldn't really trademark a description.

E/W means <------> a wider bag than a N/S shape.

 

[foxmonkey]

Why do different designers have the same names for their designs? I can ti\hink of at least three luxe companies that have an east-west bag, and twp that have a cabas? aren't names trademarked?

It's just a description. And east/west bag is one that's longer than it is tall, like the LV Lockit Horizontal. It refers to east and west, or side to side. A wide bag.

I've also seen north/south used to describe bags, ones that are taller than they are wide, like the LV Lockit Vertical.

 

[Nola]

I don&#180;t mean the east-west name. I was referring to the actual names, like for example Stella. Marc Jacobs has a Stella bag, (then there is of course Stella Mccartney herself), A designer named Silas Maria has a Stella bag, Charles David has one, LeSportsac has one etc.

 

[LondonBrat]

...and then everyone seems to have a bucket bag as well (LV, Fendi etc...)
Its just names to describe shape.

 

[Nola]

Yes, but I think she meant (as well as me) the actual names of bags, not shapes names. Stella for example is not a shape name.

 

[twinkle.tink]

sac-a dos, is another one that comes to mind, but I know that makes sense too....means backpack.