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STL on Infringement Safari: China, Part 3

Hey, they keep me entertained, but enough’s enough.

So here’s the final installment of STL’s “infringement safari” from my trip to China. (Catch up with Part 1 and Part 2)

Today’s theme is coffee.

Here’s the logo from Seattle’s Tully’s Coffee and an admirer from Beijing:

Seattle’s Tully’s Coffee; Beijing’s Tully Coffee

Ok, law school exam time. Is it trademark infringement if a real company adopts a fictional trademark?

Here’s a Beijing mall coffee shop that’s branded itself as “Central Perk” from the late, occasionally-great, sitcom “Friends.”

This isn’t the cafe from “Friends,” but does it infringe?

So where will the next infringement safari take place? Istanbul? New Delhi? Hanoi? Tacoma?

Figuring that out’s half the fun.

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Reader Comments (1)

Michael - could you email me the location of that Tully's admirer in Beijing? My client has an interest in this.
October 28, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterChris Evans

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