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 SEATTLE (AP) - Starbucks expects to complete a licensing, distribution and marketing deal with Ethiopia this month that would settle a dispute over trademarks for three coffees produced in the African nation.
In a joint statement Thursday, neither the Seattle-based coffee retailer nor the Ethiopian government released details about an agreement in principle that both said they signed after two days of talks in Seattle.
Ethiopia wants to secure rights to three coffee names — Harar, Sidamo and Yirgacheffe — through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. So far it has trademarked the name Yirgacheffe, but a final decision has yet to be made on the others.
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