Nestle petitions to cancel ‘Seattle Strong’ coffee trademark, arguing it owns Seattle
Nestle petitions to cancel ‘Seattle Strong’ coffee trademark, arguing it owns Seattle
www.techdirt.com Nestle Petitions To Cancel ‘Seattle Strong’ Coffee Trademark, Arguing It Owns Seattle
Nestle certainly hasn’t been shy about engaging in aggressive trademark enforcement in the past, but this one is something different. We’ve already covered several stories in which a pe…
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Filings show Seattle Strong responded to Nestlé, saying the petition is “an ill-fated effort by a large multinational company to control the use of the name of the city ‘Seattle’ in coffee-related products in an attempt to bully a small, local coffee company from Seattle.”
The filing in question: https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ttabvue-92087959-CAN-4.pdf