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Opinion on Stabucks coffee grab

"What right has Starbucks to try to block the trademarking of a product that is owned by someone else?? With 2006 profits of 494 million dollars, an increase of 26% over 2004 levels, they should be...

created by matte | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Coffee Wars: Ethiopia Vs. Starbucks

The Ethiopian government filed patent applications in 2005 to trademark the names of their world-famous coffee, and this week Ethiopia announced it would issue invitations to build a distribution network of...

created by publicreader | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Starbucks v. Ethiopia: Trademark War

Ethiopia, fresh from its Christmas invasion of Somalia to dislodge the Islamic Courts Union, has found a new kind of war to fight with a much more powerful enemy. The dispute is over a trademark and the enemy has outposts on every corner in nearly every major city in the...

created by publicreader | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...