DuPont Wins Order Barring Kolon From Selling Body-Armor Fiber
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DuPont Co., the inventor of Kevlar, won a ruling barring Kolon Industries Inc.’s sales of a competing version of the product used in protective clothing for police and the military for the next 20 years.
U.S. District Judge Robert Payne in Richmond, Virginia, yesterday barred Kolon from selling products in the U.S. made with its para-aramid fiber after a jury found last year that the South Korean manufacturer stole trade secrets relating to the Kevlar fiber and should pay more than $919 million in damages.