On the Timeline of events where I keep track of the chronology of the trademark dispute between Ethiopia and Starbucks/NCA, I recorded that NCA’s letter of protest was filed in 2005. This prompted Robert F. Nelson, National Coffee Association (NCA) President & CEO to write me an email saying that I have the records wrong. The email further said, “NCA's letters of protest were filed in the later half of 2006 and were not entered into the deliberative process at USPTO until after the USPTO rejected the Ethiopian applications to trademark Sidamo and Harrar.” So, I did some research in the USPTO libraries and found out that the disputed letter of protest (LOP) does have a Filling Date of March 17, 2005. It is clear that this date has caused all the confusion. I have corrected the record on the Timeline until other evidences reveal themselves otherwise. However, the President’s claim that, based on the dates indicated, NCA's letters had no bearing on the rejections of Harrar a...