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A Shanghai coffee company has been fined 500,000 yuan for infringing on the trademark of coffeehouse chain Starbucks, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

The company, Shanghai Xingbake Cafe, was also ordered by the Shanghai Municipal Higher People’s Court to change its name and make a public apology to Starbucks (nasdaq: SBUX – news – people ) in a local newspaper, Xinhua said.

Starbucks and a Shanghai-based franchise, President Starbucks Coffee Co, filed a lawsuit against Shanghai Xingbake in 2003, claiming the latter had violated the rule of fair competition and infringed upon the Starbucks trademark, the news agency said.

Shanghai Xingbake used a green logo similar to that of Starbucks, while the Chinese character ‘xing’ means ’star’ and the characters ‘ba’ and ‘ke’ sound like ‘bucks’ when used together.

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