fibre trade marks

Fiber Trademarks

What is a trademark?

The law dictionary defines trademark as a distinctive design, picture, emblem, logo or wording (or

combination) affixed to goods for sale to identify the manufacturer as the source of the product. Words that

merely name the maker (but without particular lettering) or a generic name for the product are not

trademarks.

Use of another's trademark (or one that is confusingly similar) is infringement and the basis for a lawsuit for

damages for unfair competition and/or a petition for an injunction against the use of the infringing trademark.

Use of Fiber Trademarks and Generic Names on LabelsIn light of Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, as amended on July 9, 1986, the rules for use of Fiber

Trademarks and Generic Names on Labels are

(a) A non-descriptive fiber trademark may be used on a label in conjunction with the generic name of the

fiber to which it relates. Where such a trademark is placed on a label in conjunction with the required

information, the generic name of the fiber must appear in immediate conjunction therewith, and such

trademark and generic name must appear in type or lettering of equal size and conspicuousness.

(b) Where a generic name or a fiber trademark is used on my label, whether required or non-required, a full

and complete fiber content disclosure shall be made in accordance with the Act and Regulations the first

time the generic name or fiber trademark appears on the label.

(c) If a fiber trademark is not required information, but is used elsewhere on the label as non-required

information, the generic name of the fiber shall accompany the fiber trademark in legible and conspicuous

type or lettering the first time the trademark is used.

(d) No fiber trademark or generic name shall be used in non-required information on a label in such a

manner as to be false, deceptive, or misleading as to fiber content, or to indicate directly or indirectly that a

textile fiber product is composed wholly or in part of a particular fiber, when such is not the case.

The following table has a list of manufactured fibers, their trade names and manufacturers.

Fiber Type Trade Names Manufacturer

ACETATE 1. Celanese

2. Celstar

3. Chromspun

4. Estron

5. MicroSafe

1. Celanese Acetate

2. Celanese Acetate

3. Voridian Company

4. Voridian Company

5. Celanese Acetate

ACRYLIC 1. Acrilan

2. BioFresh

3. Bounce-Back

1. Solutia Inc.

2. Sterling Fibers, Inc.

3. Solutia Inc.

4. CFF Fibrillated Fiber

5. Conductrol

6. Creslan

7. Creslite

8. Cresloft

9. Duraspun

10. Evolutia

11. Ginny

12. MicroSupreme

13. Pil-Trol

14. The Smart Yarns

15. Wear-Dated

16. WeatherBloc






9. Solutia Inc.

10. Solutia Inc.

11. Solutia Inc.


13. Solutia Inc.

14. Solutia Inc.

15. Solutia Inc.


ARAMID 1. Kevlar

2. Nomex

1. DuPont Performance Materials


BICOMPONENT 1. Fossfibre

2. No-Shock

1. Foss Manufacturing Company,

Inc.

2. Solutia Inc.Shakespeare

Monofilaments & Specialty

Polymers

FLUORO 1. Tefaire

2. Teflon

1. Toray Fluorofibers (America)

Inc.

2. Toray Fluorofibers (America)

Inc.

LYOCELL 1. Tencel 1. Tencel Inc

MELAMINE 1. Basofil 1. Basofil Fibers, LLC

Modacrylic 1. SEF 1. Solutia Inc.

NYLON 6 1. Anso

2. Anso AllSport

3. Anso Caress

4. Anso Choice!

5. Anso Color Solutions

6. Anso CrushResister III

7. Anso CrushResister III ACT

8. Anso CrushResister TLC

9. Anso DuroTwist

1. Honeywell Nylon Inc.









10. Anso f(x)

11. Anso HTX

12. Anso Infinty

13. Anso Premium

14. Anso Replacement Plus

15. Anso Soft

16. Anso Solution

17. Anso Total Comfort

18. Anso Vibrance

19. Caprolan

20. Caprolan-RC

21. Dry Step

22. Nylon 6ix

23. Permasoft

24. Royalbrite

25. Shimmereen

26. Silky Touch

27. Stay Gard

28. Trilene

29. Tru-Ballistic

30. Ultra Micro Touch

31. Ultra Touch

32. Zefsport

33. Zeftron Contex

34. Zeftron Savant

35. Zeftron Select

36. Zeftron Solure














23. Beaulieu of America, Inc.

24. Royal-American Co. LLC




28. Berkley, Inc.









NYLON 6.6 1. Antron

2. Antron Advantage

3. Antron II

4. Antron Legacy

5. Antron Lumena

6. Cordura

7. DSDN

8. DuPont XTI

9. DyeNAMIX

10. Enka

11. FiberLoc

12. Micro Supplex

13. Natrelle BCF

14. SolarMax

1. Invista Inc.

2. Invista Inc.

3. Invista Inc.

4. Invista Inc.

5. Invista Inc.

6. Invista Inc.

7. Invista Inc.

8. Invista Inc.

9. Solutia Inc.

10. Polyamide industrial Fibers, Inc.

11. Invista Inc.

12. Invista Inc.

13. Invista Inc.

14. Invista Inc.

15. Stainmaster

16. Stainmaster Luxura

17. Stainmaster XTRA Life

18. Supplex

19. Tactasse

20. TACTEL

21. Ultron

22. Ultron 3D

23. Ultron VIP

24. Wear-Dated

25. Wear-Dated Assurance

26. Wear-Dated Freedom

27. Wear-Dated II

28. Wear-Dated ThermaSealed

15. Invista Inc.

16. Invista Inc.

17. Invista Inc.

18. Invista Inc.

19. Invista Inc.

20. Invista Inc.

21. Solutia Inc.

22. Solutia Inc.

23. Solutia Inc.

24. Solutia Inc.

25. Solutia Inc.

26. Solutia Inc.

27. Solutia Inc.

28. Solutia Inc.

NYLON 6 or 6.6 1. Meryl Mattesse

2. Meryl

3. Meryl Microfibre

4. Meryl Nexten

5. Meryl Satiné

6. Meryl Skinlife

7. Meryl Souple

8. Meryl Spring

9. Meryl Techno

10. Wellon

11. Wellstrand

1. Nylstar, Inc.

2. Nylstar, Inc.

3. Nylstar, Inc.

4. Nylstar, Inc.

5. Nylstar, Inc.

6. Nylstar, Inc.

7. Nylstar, Inc.

8. Nylstar, Inc.

9. Nylstar, Inc.

10. Wellman, Inc.

11. Wellman, Inc.

OLEFIN 1. Amco

2. American

3. Angel Hair

4. Biobarrier

5. Bondtie

6. Crowelon

7. Crown Fiber

8. Duron

9. Dyneema

10. E-B Meshr

11. Elustra

12. Essera

13. Fibermesh

14. Floterope

15. Herculon

1. Samson Rope Technologies


3. Wayn-Tex, Inc.

4. Reemay, Inc.


6. Crowe Rope Industries, Inc.

7. Nexcel Synthetics

8. Drake Extrusion

9. DSM High Performance Fibers

10. Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc.

11. FiberVisions Incorporated

12. American Fibers and Yarns

Company

13. SI Corporation


16. HY - Colour

17. HY - Comfort

18. HY - Medical

19. HY - Repeat

20. HY - Soft

21. HY- Strength

22. Impressa

23. Innova

24. Marqesa

25. Marquesa Lana

26. Microblocker

27. Mirafi

28. Nouvelle

29. Patlon III

30. Poly Tying

31. Polylasting

32. Polyloom

33. Polypro 6

34. Polystar

35. Prolan

36. Pur-Ty

37. Salus

38. Soft 71

39. Spectra 1000

40. Spectra 900

41. Spectra Fusion

42. Spectra Guard

43. Spectra Shield

44. Spectra Shield Plus

45. SpectraFlex

46. Tekton

47. Telar

48. Tensylon

49. Trace

50. Trustite

51. Typar

52. Typelle

53. Tyrite

54. Tyvec

55. Ultraline

56. Welltite


16. FiberVisions Products, Inc.







Company


Company


Company

25. Shaw Industries - Permacolor

Fibers

26. SI Corporation

27. Ten Cate Nicolon


29. Shaw Industries - Permacolor

Fibers

30. Blue Mountain Industries, Inc.

31. Blue Mountain Industries, Inc.

32. TC Thiolon

33. Columbian Rope Company


35. Rõnile, Inc.

36. Wellington

37. Filament Fiber Technology

Incorporated (FFT)


39. Honeywell International







46. Reemay, Inc.

47. Filament Fiber Technology

Incorporated (FFT)

48. SI Corporation


Company


51. Reemay, Inc.

52. Reemay, Inc.




56. Wellington

PBI 1. PBI 1. Celanese Acetate

PELCO 1. Securus 1. Honeywell International

PEN 1. Pentex 1. Honeywell International

POLYESTER 1. A.C.E.

2. Accepta

3. Avora FR

4. Avora Plus

5. Barricaut

6. Beltec

7. Celbond

8. Colorbrite

9. ColorGuard

10. Comforel

11. ComFortrel

12. ComFortrel Plus

13. ComFortrel XP

14. Coolmax

15. Dacron

16. Delcron

17. Diolen

18. DSP

19. ESP

20. Fillwell

21. Fillwell II

22. Fillwell Plus

23. Fortrel

24. Fortrel BactiShield

25. Fortrel EcoSpun

26. Fortrel MicroSpun

27. HardCut

28. Holofiber

29. Hydrotec


2. KoSa

3. KoSa

4. KoSa



7. KoSa

8. DAK Americas, LLC

9. Martin Color-Fi, Inc.

10. Invista Inc.

11. Wellman, Inc.

12. Wellman, Inc.

13. Wellman, Inc.

14. Invista Inc.



17. Diolen Industrial Fibers Inc.


19. KoSa

20. Wellman, Inc.

21. Wellman, Inc.

22. Wellman, Inc.

23. Wellman, Inc.

24. Wellman, Inc.

25. Wellman, Inc.

26. Wellman, Inc.


28. Wellman, Inc.


30. Imbue

31. Loftguard

32. Loftguard Xtra

33. Microdenier Sensura

34. Microlux

35. Microtherm

36. Orel

37. Pentec

38. Polarguard 3D

39. Polarguard Classic

40. Polarguard Delta

41. Polarguard HV

42. QualiFlo

43. Reemay

44. Retrieve

45. Sensura

46. Serelle

47. Serene

48. Spunnaire

49. Steripur

50. Stretch-aire

51. Substraight

52. Tairilin

53. UltraFlo

54. Ultura

30. KoSa

31. KoSa

32. KoSa

33. Wellman, Inc.

34. KoSa

35. KoSa

36. DuPont Filaments


38. KoSa

39. KoSa

40. KoSa

41. KoSa

42. Reemay, Inc.

43. Reemay, Inc.

44. Marglen Industries

45. Wellman, Inc.

46. KoSa

47. KoSa

48. Wellman, Inc.


50. KoSa


52. Nan Ya Plastics Corporation,

America

53. Reemay, Inc.

54. Wellman, Inc.

RAYON

SPANDEX 1. Dorlastan

2. Glospan

3. Lycra

1. Dorlastan Fibers LLC

2. RadiciSpandex Corporation

3. Invista Inc.

Generic Names and Definitions for Manufactured Fibers

As per Rule 7 of Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, some generic names and definitions for

manufactured fibers are given here.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(c) of the Act, the following generic names for manufactured fibers,

together with their respective definitions, are hereby established:

(a) acrylic - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer

composed of at least 85% by weight of acrylonitrile units.

(-CH2-CH-).

CN

(b) modacrylic - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long chain synthetic

polymer composed of less than 85% but at least 35% by weight of acrylonitrile units.

(-CH2-CH-),

CN

(Except fibers qualifying under subparagraph (2) of paragraph (j) of this section and fibers qualifying under

paragraph (q) of this section. [16 CFR 303.7(b), as amended; effective March 13, 1966 and November 3,

1969.)

(c) polyester - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer

composed of at least 85% by weight of an ester of a substituted aromatic carboxylic acid, including but not

restricted to substituted terephtalate units,-

p(-R-O-C-C6H4-C-O-),

oo

and para substituted hydroxy-benzoate units,

p(-R-O-C6H4-C-O-).

oo

[16 CFR 303.7(c), as amended, effective September 12, 1973, 38 FR 21782.]

(d) rayon - a manufactured fiber composed of regenerated cellulose, as well as manufactured fibers

composed of regenerated cellulose in which sustituents have replaced not more than 15% of the hydrogens

of the hydroxyl groups.

(e) acetate - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substanceis cellulose acetate. Where not less

than 92% of the hydroxyl groups are acetylated, the term triacetate may be used as a generic description of

the fiber.

(f) saran - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer

composed of at least 80% by weight of vinylidene chloride units -

(-CH2-CC12-).

(g) azlon - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is composed of any regenerated

naturally occurring proteins.

(h) nytril - a manufactured fiber containing at least 85% of a longchain polymer of vinylidene dinitrile -

(-CH2-C(CN)2)

where the vinylidene dinitrile content is no less than every other unit in the polymer chain.

(i) nylon - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a long-chain synthetic polyamide in

which less than 85% of the amide

(-C-NH-)

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O

linkages are attached directly to two aromatic rings. [16 CFR 303.7(i), as amended, effective January 11,

1974, 38 FR 34112.]

(j) rubber - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is comprised of natural or synthetic

rubber, including the following categories:

(1) a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is hydrocarbon such as natural rubber,

polyisoprene, polybutadiene, copolymers of dienes and hydrocarbons, or amorphous (non-crystalline)

polyolefins.

(2) a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is copolymer of acrylonitrile and a diene (such

as butadiene) composed of not more than 50% but at least 10% by weight of acrylonitrile units

(-CH2-CH-).

CN

The term lastrile may be used as a generic description for fibers falling within this category.

(3) a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a polychloroprene or a copolymer of

chloroprene in which at least 35% by weight of the fiber-forming substance is composed of chloroprene units

-

(-CH2-C=CH-CH2-).

||

Cl

[16 CFR 303.7(j) as amended, effective March 13, 1966.]

(k) spandex - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a long-chain synthetic polymer

comprised of at least 85% of a segmented polyurethane.

(I) vinal - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer

composed of at least 50% by weight of vinyl alcohol units -

(-CH2-CHOH-),

and in which the total of the vinyl alcohol units and any one or more of the various acetal units is at least

85% by weight of the fiber.

(m) olefin - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer

composed of at least 85% by weight of ethylene, propylene, or other olefin units, except amorphous

(noncrystalline) polyolefins qualifying under category (1) of paragraph (j) of Rule 7. [16 CFR 303.7(m), as

amended, effective March 13, 1966.]

(n) vinyon - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer

composed of at least 85% by weight of vinyl chloride units -

(-CH2-CHCl-).

(o) metallic - a manufactured fiber composed of metal, plastic-coated metal, metal-coated plastic, or a core

completely covered by metal.

(p) glass - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is glass.

(q) anidex - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer

composed of at least 50% by weight of one or more esters of a monohydric alcohol and acrylic acid,-

(-CH2 = CH-COOH).

[f16 CFR 303.7(q), as amended, effective November 3, 1969.]

(r) novoloid - a manufactured fiber containing at least 85% by weight of a cross-linked novolac [16 CFR

303.7(r), as amended, effective February 15, 1974, 39 FR 1833.]

(s) aramid - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a long-chain synthetic polyamide in

which at least 85% of the amide -

(-C-NH-)

0

linkages are attached directly to two aromatic rings. [16 CFR 303.7(s), as amended, effective January 11,

1974, 38 FR 34112.]

(t) Sulfar/Sulphur- a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a long synthetic polysulfide in

which at least 85% of the sulfide (-S-) linkages are attached directly to two (2) aromatic rings. [16 CFR

303.7(t)effective July 9, 1986.]

(u) PBI - a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a long chain aromatic polymer having

reoccuring imidazole groups as an integral part of the polymer chain. [16 CFR 303.7(u) effective July 9,

1986.]

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