USPTO TTAB cancels Redskins Trademark
On Wednesday, June 18, the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued a ruling that canceled the federal registration of six trademarks related to the Washington Redskins of the National Football league. The petition was brought to TTAB by five Native Americans in an attempt to cancel the trademarks […]
$920 Million Kevlar Trade Secret Verdict Overturned
DuPont has been making Kevlar, the ubiquitous strong polymer for use in bullet-proof armor and countless other consumer products, for over thirty years. Kolon is a South Korean company that manufactured a similar polymer product known as Heracron, and in 2006 they hired several ex-employees of DuPont to consult on their process for technical improvement. […]