L.L. Bean introduced the world to its famously heavyweight tote bag in the 1940s. But it wasn’t made for carrying blankets and beach towels on the shore. No, its history was decidedly more hardcore.

FREEPORT, Maine (WGME) – L.L. Bean is voluntarily dismissing a recently filed lawsuit over trademark infringement involving its iconic canvas tote bag design. The Freeport-based retailer was ...

LL Bean filed a suit against the promotional merchandiser 4Imprint, claiming its "Set Sail Boat Tote" and similar canvas tote bags infringe upon the Maine-based plaintiff's "Boat and Tote" canvas ...

Herrington & Sutcliffe and Drummond Woodsum voluntarily dropped a trademark suit by LL Bean that accused a promotional merchandiser of infringing on its "Boat and Tote" canvas bags design.

As of Friday, there was no apparent item called “Boat Tote” for sale on 4Imprint’s website, although there were multiple canvas, cotton and other bags similar to the L.L.Bean totes ...

Such was the case for Tibi’s collaboration with L.L. Bean for its modern take on the iconic Boat & Tote. While I can’t speak for every attendee who saw the canvas tote bag’s debut at Tibi ...

This year marks 80 trips around the sun for the iconic L.L.Bean Boat and Tote ... the summer of 1965 as the Boat and Tote you know now. (To this day, the bags are said to hold up to 500 pounds ...

Spend an afternoon in Williamsburg or amble through the West Village and you’ll almost certainly catch a glimpse of a wide variety of tote bags hanging from the shoulders of New Yorkers.