Ethiopia Receives US Trademark for Sidamo Coffee

Ethiopia has obtained a trademark forSidamo, one of her speciality coffees, despite opposition from Starbucks. Ethiopians claim that coffee drinking started there. True or not, third world countries protecting their IP assetts is to be encouraged. 

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