Court demands Starbung owners' appearance on Nov 18
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Starbung Coffee owners - Damrong and Damras Maslae are summoned to show up at the Intellectual Property and International Trade Court on November 18, to explain why they are still using the old logo despite a legal dispute with Starbucks.
Starbucks demanded that the coffee vendors must stop using the logo, of which shape and colour is quite similar to the multinational coffee chain's logo. The company's lawyers showed the court a photo of the Thais' sidewalk stall, taken on November 3.
Aside from the demand, the US multinational pressed for compensation of Bt300,000 plus Bt30,000 a month in legal fees.
Damrong and Damras did not appear at the court on Monday.
Their lawyer Nakorn Chomphoochart said that his clients have so far refused to engage in a talk with Starbucks, as they still don't understand the laws involved. Meanwhile, he said that Starbucks should also be prepared to understand his clients, who insisted that the green-and-white logo, which depicts a Muslim man at its centre with crescent moons on the side, was inspired by Islam, not Starbucks.
