This is why upcycling can be VERY VERY RISKY folks, proceed with caution

One would think LV would rather spend their time going after the criminal thieves who robbed their stores & turn around and sell their goods on various platforms.

Louis Vuitton should hire him to be one of their craftsman to run an “up cycle” department for them

I disagree LV is just trying a scare tactic to intimidate him. I go and buy a Ford truck and modify it or chop it up. I can legally resell that Ford truck because I’m the legal owner of that vehicle!!! 💯

Once I buy something I should be able to do with it what I want….Id like to know what basis they think they have jurisdiction. (I wouldn’t want the fight though.) interesting content.

if the purse is personal property ... Chop it up do what you will, B S, I have upcycled jeans and jackets since I was a teenager 50 plus years ago

I've said it time and time again. Boycott those manufacturers that think they still own a product after they sell it to a customer or take legal actions against the public for doing what they want with an item which someone had legally purchased. Those purchased items, once sold has become private property of the customer who purchased the item and is able to do what they want with it. If manufacturers are still wanting to have legal ownership and ties to the products or goods they produce, then there ought to be an international law that warns customers of legal actions that can arise against a customer when purchasing an item. A contract should be written out. Is this ridiculous? Of course, but it is no more ridiculous than manufacturers having 100% legal rights to products they legally sell to a purchasing customer. This would certainly put those business out of business. Until then, no manufacturer should have 100% rights to any product other than they are still liable for products proven to be unsafe or has caused death or bodily injury by law. It is stupid for manufacturers of having overreaching rights to their products. If they like their products so much, don't sell them. Keep them. But don't sue your customers. Why would anyone want to do business with anyone like that. You would have to be a moron to buy their products...new or used. These illegal actions and overreach of manufacturers needs to stop now. We need to boycott these manufacturers together and bring them to your knees. We have the power. If we don't, what are they going to do next, sue you for modifying cars or sue every homeowner for remodeling their house? This is going too far and needs to stop now with a class action lawsuit against any or all manufacturers that legally harass their customers.

I’ve watched his videos before and he has amazing skills.

If I had a logo that was famous and well known - I would not want this guy using my design. The portion of the wallet with the LV leather is not his and it is violating their trademark.

I use to work for LV they do not play about using their name and likeness… legal and loss prevention will come for you. They want their coins. I have had clients that purchase something from somewhere else then call Client Services or Corp offices. I’ve seen this with my time with them, they have the manpower and money to investigate people. I’m not surprised by anything you’re saying. They will give you a warning then they will come for you if you don’t desist …it’s all in the name of preserving the brand

lol I had the same video recommended to me, I watched it yesterday. LV be tripping in their methods to try to get this guy to stop but I can also see where they are coming from. They don’t want their exclusivity threatened. Also, wtf eBay? Cos they don’t take enough fees from us? I’m So annoyed right now!! 😖

fyi. never used your home address. po box or something else.

I want to know why Goodwill gets away with it? They're always selling fakes in store and online.

The guy is a genius . LV should have done like Gucci and Dapper Dan. Lv could use him to make more money. He will also make more money.

I know someone who sold custom made purses but then started using LV material and advertised and marketed her stuff using the LV name. She was using the material in purses, wallets, hats, earrings, necklaces and even cigarette lighter covers. Her stuff was sold in a few boutiques across the country and I believe was even featured in a western wear magazine. I think she’s moved on to other endeavors but if I see her trying to sell the LV stuff again I’ll forward this video to her.

Great video as always thank you… I wonder if this is the same guy that Whatnot featured about a year ago who was making custom sneakers out of real LV material?

I’ve been a subscriber of Corter Leather for over 8 months now. I love his videos as I would someday like to make small leather goods from scraps I’ve purchased from a tannery long since out of business. I have box leather same as Hermes--but No Logo! His stuff is gorgeous! But when I saw the video about LV execs trying to get their logo off of his selling platform, the first thing I thought was BEWARE! It so far ended up OK for the guy. But these companies have a right to their logo and challenging it is a costly mistake--second thing I thought is Rockstar Flipper taught us good!

Did LV make the leather material by hand? Or did LV purchase the leather material from a manufacturer? The pattern design on the bag, did LV make that pattern? Or did LV buy the pattern material from a manufacturer?

I think he’d lose in a court case too. Trademark is no joke.

So, say I buy a Toyota vehicle that’s totaled and make the parts to restore the vehicle only with a little custom work thrown into the mix then resell it. What’s the difference between that and what happened here?

You can go into consignment stores all over the place, and you’ll see designer, bags and shoes for sale without certificates of authenticity or any kind of vetting, and nobody gets in trouble for that

I love how this guy - the craftsman guy - just got major advertising via The Rockstar Flipper! Raise your hand if you went an ordered a wallet from the craftsman! (Or at least visited his channel)😁😜

Look up Dapper Dan. He did this in the 80s and 90s and they tried to shut him down but ended up working with LV

While I understand the "rules" of upcycling because I used to do a lot of it, I feel like this would be a great opportunity for a collaboration with LV and this person. He obviously takes pride in his craftsmanship and knows what he's doing. He also has a huge following. LV should take that as an opportunity to back his products, maybe for a percentage, and allow him to sell these items.

I wonder what would happen if he made something with mixed material from multiple companies.

Could he offer (for sale) services to make these for people with any of their crapped out bags? He tells them the amount of material he would need to make it, they send it, he makes it and adds the rest of his non branded materials as part of the price of making it?

Let's face it - people buy it because it looks like a LV wallet for a 1/4 of the price of a licensed one or he wouldn't be doing it. I wouldn't give them the time of day or the honor of all that hard work behind a decent wallet. It's all a unnecessary mental game.

Taking used products apart and using the components to great something new happens everywhere. I can take a power supply out of an old Dell PC, put it in a custom build and sell it, with in the description: comes with Dell psu. You can buy an old Gibson guitar, put the pick up elements in a Jackson and sell it as a Jackson with Gibson pickup elements. What more? Take the JBL drivers out of an used speaker set and build your own one and sell it. Put a Volvo engine in a Ford if you got the skills and sell it. People refurbish old amplifiers, take bad components out and sell them stating your Denon amp now comes with Harman Kardon capacitors or what not. People buy vintage photo camera lenses and put them into a cinematic lens body and sell those. Why would this be any different?

He should have just contacted them FIRST, asked them if he could sell items with their logo with his art-form and coordinate with them, they might have said yes. If not never do it and move on, period. Not worth the trouble or possible lawsuit, etc. Plenty of other ways to make a profit.

There’s a few companies selling LV purses on EBay that they’ve added fringe and stuff to. They don’t call it LV but they’re clearly LV upcycled bags

I thot maybe he was using LV materials as like a lining, so u don’t see it til u open it ..,maybe he can get away with it if he does it like that

screw these luxury brands. they're ridiculously expensive. they should hire him, upcycling and reusing is popular, it would look good for LV if they created a partnership.

Upcycling aside, the original items he was cutting up were also fake, which was a VERY big part of the issue in this situation. In both videos, you can see very uneven stitching near the border piping and there is a 0% chance that came from a LV factory. His rationale is that he's able to get them from estate sales in his area for around $50, which we all know almost certainly isn't going to happen with authentic bags. He even says that he assumes the bags were real, but he's not an expert, which is a big issue. The bags he's cutting up are 100% knockoffs. Him making/selling custom items and infringing on their trademark is one thing, but doing so with fake donor items takes it to a full blown counterfeit operation. People are complaining about LV "picking on the little guy", but the "little guy" is quite literally creating knockoffs to sell in tutorial videos.

corporate simps are why we are where we are today

Part of the value of copyright and trademark is that the artists get to decide how our products are distributed and created. If someone else messes with it we lose control.

It's a trademark violation. Even if it's a different product he's writing on the name of the other guy who created the trademark items which does create confusion to the consumer which is the legal bar that you have to reach for civil suits.

No self snitching

LV decorative design is still on his wallet

I keep saying this over and over every time it is brought up. I get a lot of but but but.... LV is VERY proprietary about selling their items. They WILL ABSOLUTELY go after the seller for upcycling.

i saw his video he keeps selling them

He will get a lawsuit eventually unless he stops using the logo material. They have spent millions of dollars making that logo famous. He cannot abuse trademarks without litigation issues. I am not on his side at all. He has enough exposure to simply make his brand wallets from scratch. Lawsuits suck, dealt with one myself 20 years ago.

I don't understand. I believe first you said he's not using their logo or name and then you said that he is using their logo but not their name. The First Sale Rule is a civil case and thus would apply. You started out by saying it's not a crime. The First Sale Rule is not supposed to cover criminal acts as I recall. Since he's that good with what he does, he should simply exclude the logo and the name entirely. You stated that it is lawful to cut up the product and reuse it. That should be the end of it . I'd like to see that law and where it comes from. Also, he should be able to flip that LV leather inside instead of showing on the outside or add another layer to cover it. If the case law says that he can do whatever he wants with the material even though it has a logo on it, then only one pleading need be filed in court, citing the appropriate law. LV may have been prepared to take it to the Appellate level if they lost. Also, investigators and process servers may have to serve papers in person and may be also tasked with spying on him and informing LV that he's not living in a 20 million dollar mansion but it's just an ordinary Joe trying to earn money with his hands and his brains add Talent and a jury would therefore side with him, not LV