Starbucks and Ethiopia reached a legal settlement in 2007 after the country sought to trademark its best known coffee beans.

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Brazilian regulators have ruled that Apple does not have exclusive rights to use the "iPhone" trademark in the country.

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Although its trademark registration had expired in the country, there were good reasons for this.

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Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, a tall, wiry bandit with his trademark handlebar moustache, came to be considered the country's most ruthless and daring outlaw.

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Apple's trademark trouble in Latin America's most populous country is just the latest in a series of global snafus that have spanned China, Japan and the United States.

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While Iran is seen as the most influential outside power in Iraq today, on Baghdad's streets Turkey's presence is more visible than that of any other country, with everything from malls to furniture stores to pavement bricks bearing a Turkish trademark.

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"IPHONE" was filed for trademark registration in Brazil in 2000, and although Apple started offering its handset in the country in 2007, Gradiente scored exclusive rights to the name in 2008.

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