San Antonio-based VP Racing Fuels Inc. alleges that company ... VP registered the Mad Scientist name and logo with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2012 while Burns was chairman and CEO ...

Besides the name, VP uses a Mad Scientist logo featuring a figure in a lab ... “Steve Burns is an icon in the fuel and motor racing business,” said attorney Ricardo Cedillo, who represents ...

ELMENDORF - At VP Racing Fuels' 42-acre manufacturing ... Its mascot is a flame-haired "Mad Scientist" wearing a lab coat. The VP logo appears in racing scenes in "Fast & Furious 7," and its ...