After this article was published on Addis Fortune, an Ethiopian weekly paper, I received an angry response from Light Years IP, the NGO advising Ethiopia on the coffee trademark project, warning me that I would damage my reputation if I continued to publish my "mistaken" opinions. The email did not identify my mistakes. More coming soon. -------------- Why did Ethiopia sign an agreement critics say is favoring Starbucks? Wondwossen Mezlekia, an Ethiopian working and living in Seattle, Washington - where Starbucks is also headquartered - has been following the trademark dispute through his well-read blog, www.poorfarmer.blogspot.com. In his contribution to a series of articles that appeared on this newspaper, Wondwossen sheds some light on the issue. Ethiopia's Loss in the Starbucks Affair Addis Fortune Ethiopia, one of the ancient civilisations in the world, collided with a symbol of globalisation and, to some extent, challenged the status-quo without success. The outcom...