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30 November 2020TrademarksMuireann Bolger

Chinese coffee seller slapped with $3.2m civil suit over counterfeit Starbucks

A Chinese company, Shuangshan Food (Xiamen), has been accused of selling counterfeit  Starbucks coffee, in a suit which has made the highest ever compensation demand in a consumer civil public interest litigation in China.

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