Summary
Williams-Sonoma Inc. is accused of infringing on the "Crypton" trademark in a lawsuit by asserting that its Pottery Barn furniture is being sold with Crypton chemical-treated furniture, despite the fact that the company has discontinued the use of its chemicals to treat its fabrics.
Bloomberg Law
"A lawsuit alleges Williams-Sonoma Inc. infringed on the “Crypton” trademark by claiming its Pottery Barn furniture is selling Crypton chemical-treated furniture despite no longer treating its fabrics with the company’s chemicals.
Williams-Sonoma has profited from Pottery Barn’s sale of furniture by using the Crypton trademarks despite having stopped using Crypton’s treatment chemistry, according to the complaint filed Wednesday with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
In 2015, Crypton, a supplier of treated textile products, and Valdese Weavers Inc. had entered into an agreement in which Crypton supplied its treatment chemistry to Valdese and Valdese treated fabric ..."
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