歐盟法院早前裁定,專利圖案「基本、平庸,由非常簡單的元素組成,經常見諸不同貨品作裝飾之用」("a basic and banal feature composed of very simple elements and that it was well-known that that feature had been commonly used with a decorative purpose in relation to various goods"),亦「沒有能將之與其他格子圖案區分的特質」("in the absence of features capable of distinguishing it from other representations of chequerboards"),因此取消LV的兩項專利。