Comments on: Ethiopia trademark issue: A timeline

By: Siel

Siel — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:39:10 +0000

Thanks for the link, puzzled :) A fascinating read! I’ll link to it in my post today :)

Danielle — So sorry I didn’t respond earlier! I am very dubious of Allegro’s claims. On the upside, many Whole Foods will carry at least some fair trade certified coffee from other coffee companies…

By: Puzzled

Puzzled — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:35:32 +0000

I found this article to be more helpful: http://www.ethiomedia.com/addfile/starbucks_prescription_for_ethiopia.html

Check this out: “Starbucks’ prescription for Ethiopia: GI certification or chat”

By: DW

DW — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:44:23 +0000

whoops, that was supposed to be on the other blog post about the Ethiopian issue. Let’s see if I can switch that…

By: DW

DW — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:43:32 +0000

The weird thing about that last bit is that the SCAA never actually filed a protest to Yirgacheffe. That trademark has been approved/registered by the USPTO.
I will try to find and see if I can post the EIPO’s response to the SCAA statement…

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:53:16 +0000

I have a fair-trade question. I was in wholefoods and I was trying to pick a coffee. I was looking for fair trade and their main line of coffee, Allegro is not. They have their own be kind to farmers mumbo jumbo. I was not sure if this was just misleading marketing to get the consumer to feel good about buying it, or it was just as good as finding the free trade stamp. I ended up buying something else because I wa snot sure. I was just surprised I had a hard time finding fair trade in Wholefoods. Thanks in advance!