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28 Sep, 2008 10:13 pm
The Starbucks Coffee Company has apparently decided not to
protest the logo of the Rat City Rollergirls, a Seattle-based roller derby league. According to Starbucks, the company had concerns about a "very similar look and feel of the logo." Under trademark law, Starbucks had asked for
an extension to file an official objection to the Rollergirls' logo with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. However, since Starbucks has
not ...
17 Jun, 2008 11:12 am
ACC Docket, Vol. 30, June 2008 at 44, explains how the law department of Starbucks Coffee
Company uses paralegals "to perform a significant volume of real estate and intellectual property work." The company's global legal department is comprised of approximately 150 "partners," which is the term the company uses
for its legal employees. Interestingly, about one third of the partners are attorneys, while ...
2 Aug 1:35 pm
... exhibit no corporate branding. Referred to as "15th Ave. Coffee & Tea," the new properties feature Starbucks coffee and teas as well as beer, wine, and ... treatment has already met with puzzlement and scorn. Why go
underground? Is the company ashamed of what it is? Over the years, Starbucks has gone to great
lengths to operate responsibly ... why they have to go into these little stealth categories. SIMON: Are the Starbucks marketing people who are
doing this - well, let me put it this way - and I am ...
23 Jun, 2006 4:20 pm
... poor, deprived thing; how can we save you from a life of depressing provincialism? Starbucks may be internationally symbolic of our lovely
city, but no true Seattle ... tool that can make or break a business. If you do it right, your company name is appropriately evocative and
nestles beneath the conscious level of your customers ... Lower Queen Anne" for the brand name of my 'hood in another article. The Online Coffee Company: This café gets utilitarian points for occupying my headspace when I ask myself ...
20 Jun, 2008 12:15 pm
... store earnings are falling. Competition is on the horizon, with McDonalds planning to insert baristas into its 20,000 franchises. Starbucks
coffee, as a commodity, will find the competition from McDonalds stiff, with the fast food giant likely to be able to make ... itself from
competitors, not offer small economic emoluments that can be easily matched. The answer is at Chipotle, the burrito company started here in
Denver. Chipotle is not cheap, with an ordinary burrito easily costing about $6 -$7 ...
26 Jul 5:00 am
... than a cheaper version at McDonalds. We suggested that the answer was Social Responsibility. Customers of Starbucks coffee (at least some of them) would remain more loyal if they ... sign that promised the food not only tastes better but that it is better. This suggests
that the Company is using healthy ingredients, although we'd like to know a bit more ... knew my dollars were helping an artisan in Africa, I
might buy the ugly coffee cup at full price rather than wait until it gets moved to the discount ...
7 Mar, 2008 10:00 am
... , the company should focus on social responsibility and advertise the social benefits of consuming Starbucks coffee. The size and volume of the company means that it can
devote far more resources to social responsibility than its competitors ... was a highly successful campaign. While the success may have resulted from the distribution of a free
product, it helped that Starbucks was identified with socially good behavior -- voting in the election. Moreover, given the likely client base
of Starbucks, ...
27 Jan 9:00 am
... its declining revenues. In addition to a decline of business from the recession, Starbucks has had to confront growing competition, most
noticeably from McDonalds. The Seattle-based coffee company has largely fought back through small
discounts and ... words, it's not necessary to purchase certain drinks; every purchase results in a contribution. It is clear that Starbucks is
ramping up the social responsibility side of things. This is something that needs to be constant. Perhaps, for example, there ...
11 Mar 8:16 am
... legal counsel. The compensation that she is actually seeking is much better than what was offered by Starbucks - a coffee card. Yes, a coffee card. A Starbucks coffee card and oh yeah a 'sorry for the inconvenience' was what Ms. Gardiner ... Awareness Is Global, this situation is a classic case of lack of awareness,
to say nothing of sympathy or empathy, at a critical juncture of a major company's stricture. - Customer Service. Customer service, from the
baristas that serve the coffee to the help/ ...
23 Sep, 2007 9:12 pm
... maker, Berryville, Ark.-based Kerusso, is the nation's largest Christian-themed apparel company. Kerusso told the P-I: "It's interesting
how many of our parodies do end up ... F.3d 894, 901 (9th Cir. 2002). Given these authorities, Kerusso's use of Starbucks' mark appears mainly
to get attention. It does not mock Starbucks ... a few years ago when artist Kieron Dwyer sold T-shirts with a logo that replaced
"Starbucks Coffee" with "Consumer Whore," added dollar signs, and gave the mermaid a cell phone. ...
26 Sep, 2006 9:38 am
A small coffee company in Bellevue (Belvi Coffee & Tea
Exchange) is suing Starbucks for anti-competitive practices. The chief issue is Starbucks' exclusive
lease agreements with 78% of the "Class A" office buildings in downtown Bellevue, under which Starbucks can block other retailers from getting
a lease. These agreements are common nation-wide, and the plaintiff is seeking class-action certification. Starbucks sued ...
18 Nov, 2007 9:43 am
It's true. We Seattlites fancy ourselves as living in the center of the coffee universe. After all, this is home to Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's, among others. Not surprisingly, the association ... fairly
frequently, though not in every case. In one office action, the PTO succinctly stated: "Registration [of SEATTLE COFFEE COMPANY] is refused because the proposed mark consists of or comprises geographically deceptive and primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive matter
in ...
21 Mar, 2008 3:00 pm
... vindicated ... Tips really help those receiving the lowest wages. I think Starbucks should pay shift supervisors higher wages instead of
taking money from the tip pool." The coffee company also took issue with the brevity of the ...
reasonable and have no trouble seeing how common sense permits such a fair redistribution. What strikes us as unfair is Starbucks complaining,
after it failed to represent the interests of its management/supervisory employees, that those interests weren't represented.
11 Apr, 2008 4:05 am
Today's cup of Starbucks coffee arrived in a fresh looking cup, with a fresh looking jacket (that now
boasts "Starbucks Fresh Roasted Coffee".) The cup contains text about ... m drinking a new Pike Place
blend) all of which screams: we really are a Seattle coffee company. The fight is clearly on for
America's leading purveyor of pricey strong ... . But I also admit that I'm kind of rooting for the bastards. I'll keep visiting Starbucks
either way - I'm a drug addict - but if it could be a little nicer, ...
19 Jun, 2008 5:32 am
I've heard rumblings about this but can't get any confirmation. Is Starbucks suing a Japanese coffee
company with a green-and-white concentric circle logo? That's what this post from February 2006 - repackaged in another blog ... suit, if there
even is one. I wouldn't be surprised if there is (or was), given the the similarity between the designs and Starbucks' vigilance in policing
its mark. (Take the filing of its notice to extend time to oppose registration of Seattle's Rat City Rollergirls' logo, ...
1 Apr, 2008 1:02 pm
... of shift supervisors to receive the tips they earn for providing superior customer service" and the company executives "strongly believe
that this ruling is extremely unfair and beyond reason." We already discussed ... decided to pursue similar claims there: A former Boston-area Starbucks worker claims he was shortchanged by the coffee company's tips
policy and he is now taking the coffee giant to court, claiming his managers swiped his tips. The lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court comes
days ...
28 Apr 5:01 am
... Action Certification Florida Federal Court Holds Plaintiff filed a class action against Starbucks alleging violations of the federal Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA); the class action complaint ... store managers) as exempt and failed to pay him overtime. Reed v. Starbucks
Coffee Co., ___ F.R.D. ___ (S.D.Fla. ... ," id. In this regard, the district court found adequate plaintiff's allegation "that there is a
company-wide pay policy that results in all store managers being improperly classified as exempt ...
16 Nov 3:13 am
[Ed. Note: written by Steve McBrady] Starbucks coffee has always been an integral part of what we do
here at Green Building Law Update. Until now, it was primarily a means of keeping our readers awake while we write endlessly on ... are audited and approved, they can be replicated
elsewhere. This capability will allow Starbucks to reach its goal of achieving LEED certification for all new company-owned stores worldwide beginning in late 2010. (Starbucks Press Release) ...
12 Oct 9:36 am
Carly Simon is suing Starbuck's over the poor sales of her album, "This Kind of Love," which is available via the coffee company's stores. Ms. Simon says the company failed to promote the album, and that failure has contributed to...
13 Nov 6:15 am
... . In the case before the Supreme Court, lawyers representing Hertz employees in a wage-and-hour suit are arguing that the company's
principal place of business is in California, where more of its business activities take place, even though its headquarters is in New Jersey. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked
where Starbucks' principal place of business would be located under the 9th Circuit test. The coffee
company was founded in Seattle, but the lawyer for the Hertz plaintiffs said the ...
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