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Ethiopia wins trademark rights for coffee brands
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Ethiopia wins trademark rights for coffee brands
Ethiopia wins trademark rights for coffee brands
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has successfully won trademark rights for its specialty Harar and Sidamo coffee names, it said in a statement on Thursday.
Earlier this year, the African producer had a protracted tussle with Starbucks Corp over the use of the two names in the United States.
"Ownership rights to its two specialty coffees, Harar and Sidamo, are fully (protected) in the global coffee trading regime," the statement from the country's Intellectual Property Office said.
"No company here-to-forth will trade with Ethiopian coffee names as its trade mark."
The statement said Ethiopia had signed agreements with 60 global firms to distribute its coffees.
Source: Reuters
17 comments
Victory at last!!
Congratulations and thank you for all people who supports to make this happen. This is another Victory for Ethiopian Farmers 
trademark rights for:
Our leather, flower...
but this is possible only after over throwing Meles and the banda woyane agent BBBs
May GOD bless our people and country.
war has been our trade mark for 3000 years
we have never been defeated .
you know we even kicked your italian
master.
and your ass out of bademe.
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