Trademark coffee? Starbucks wonders (Tacoma News Tribune)
Oxfam has bitter words for Starbucks over Ethiopian coffee (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The charity organisation Oxfam has accused coffee house chain Starbucks of blocking attempts by Ethiopia to trademark three coffee bean types and thereby denying farmers substantial income.
Starbucks in Ethiopia coffee row (BBC News)
Oxfam accuses coffee chain Starbucks of denying Ethiopia huge earnings by blocking a trademark application.
Starbucks in Ethiopia coffee row (BBC News)
Ethiopian farmers are being denied millions in profits by US coffee chain Starbucks, Oxfam says.
Oxfam bitter toward Starbucks over Ethiopian coffee (Middle East Times)
STARBUCKS: A woman drinks a cup of coffee at Starbucks Coffee in Tokyo October 25. (REUTERS) LONDON — British charity Oxfam accused coffee house chain Starbucks Thursday of blocking attempts by Ethiopia to trademark three coffee bean types and thereby denying farmers substantial income.
Trademark coffee? Starbucks wonders (Tacoma News Tribune)
The Ethiopian government, Starbucks Corp. and a coffee industry association are fighting over whether the coffee names Yirgacheffe, Sidamo and Harar belong to the African nation, or can be used by anyone without restrictions.