By Wondwossen Mezlekia The dispute between Ethiopia and Starbucks over that country's coffee trademark project has reportedly ended with resolution. But the response by this blog’s readers seems to be more of a mixture of skepticism and neutrality according to verbal and written feedbacks received by Coffee Politics. After about two years of engagement and about eight months of public campaign, which was lead by Oxfam, against Starbucks' refusal to recognize Ethiopia's ownership of the coffee marks, Harar, Sidamo, and Yirgacheffe, Starbucks and the government of Ethiopia issued a joint press release on June 20, 2007 declaring their agreement. The media picked the news from the multiple press releases issued by the parties all reported that the long-running dispute has been settled for good. However, many readers of Coffee Politics have been wary owing to the vagueness of words in the press releases. Many complained that the way the parties handled the negotiations and the s...