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TIL: Starbucks lost a case against a Pakistani man who owned a rip off cafe named Sattar Buksh. with a similar logo. Starbucks filed a lawsuit against the cafe owner. Turned out Starbucks lost the case because the owner name was Sattar Buksh and the logo actually included his face.

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