Starbuds’ marks are “confusingly similar and nearly identical” to its trademarks and are “clearly intended to be a slight variation of the famous and well-known Starbucks marks,” Starbucks said in its complaint filed Friday in the US District for the Southern District of New York.
Starbuds, which uses the logo on a re-purposed food truck, its website, and its products, “clearly trades on the recognition of the extensive consumer recognition of Starbucks,” the filing said. …
