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Good luck using that name. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kevlar http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kevlar "Trademark. 1. a brand of aramid fiber."
by arb99 12y ago
Good luck using that name. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kevlar http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kevlar
"Trademark.
1. a brand of aramid fiber."
That is like calling it Nike or Adidas.
- DanBC 12y agoDo the people who own the Kevlar trademark also create software? I agree that it's probably foolhardy to use somethin that is an existing trademark I can't see the Kevlar-the-fibre people winning any lawsuit. Although just the process is probably harmful to the Kevlar-the-software people.
- brass9 12y agoThere used to be a FTP client for linux called kevlarftp (it was a OSS clone of the bulletproof ftp client). Dupont lawyers raised copyright issues against the product name. The author promptly gave up and the software was renamed to "kftp"
- ToastyMallows 12y agoIsn't there something that once a word is used enough and becomes an actual word in English you're not able to claim a trademark on it anymore? Or am I dreaming this up..