Ex-Employee Picks Up Unusual Trademark Victory Against Team

A legal dispute between the current owners of an arena football league team and its ex-employee will continue intact after a federal judge denied the team’s motion to dismiss the counterclaims of the ex-employee.   Defendant Joe Krause had alleged in his counterclaim the Philadelphia Soul had infringed the trademark associated with his name. In ruling for Krause, the court found that he had successfully shown that his name had acquired the necessary “secondary meaning” for trademark p