Coffee controversy
On March 3, 2010, the Supreme Court promulgated its decision in Coffee Partners Inc. v. San Francisco Coffee & Roastery Inc. (San Francisco), ruling that Coffee Partners’ use of the trademark ‘San Francisco Coffee’ infringed the trade name ‘San Francisco Coffee & Roastery Inc.’, even though the latter was not registered with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and not in actual use.
