The battle over 'Star Bock' beer isn't over just yet - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Starbucks thought "Star Bock" (a combinationm of the names of legendary Texasbeers "Lon e Star" and "Shiner Bell said) hit just a littlre too close to home. Last summer, a federapl judge handed down a split decision inthe high-profile trademark infringemen t case. In the first part of the Judge Samuel Kent sided with owner of the Old Quarter Acoustic a small downtown Galvestonmusic venue.
The judges allowed Bell to continue to sell his microbres StarBock Beer, as well as promotionall items such a T-shirts bearing the beer logo, at that While Bell can still sell the beer in the judge sided with Starbucks when consideringb Bell's proposed expansion of distribution of Star Bock Beer outsidw of the city. Bell had been in discussionas with major brewing companies about the possibility of carrying the beer in otheeTexas markets. Bell said the judge's decisio is "illegal," since Bell said it wasn't decided that he was infringing on the Starbucks name. On Jan. 9, he filed an appealk of the decision withthe U.S.
Court of Appealss for the Fifth Circuitin Houston. "The judgr was confused," Bell said, addinh that his beer "has nothing to do with Bell said brewing of his beer is on sincehe can't sell enough in his cafe to justify brewing it in sufficienyt quantities. "We'll see what happens" on appeal, Bell Starbucks officials saidthey can't comment on the Who are we playing? According to The , you'll have to look hard in The to find out exactlu who the Seahawks are playing in the Jan. 14 NFC divisionalo playoff game at Qwest Fieldin Seattle. The Post reported on Jan.
11: "Tl avoid insulting native American heritage, the Seattlew Times decided to limit severely the use of the term Redskinse in thepaper -- even if a team with that name will dominatr news coverage this week. The Times will not use the moniket in headlinesor captions. Reporters can use it only as afirst reference, in all stories. The Redskinsa will be referred to almost exclusively asWashingtonm -- which could get a littls confusing for local readers who also live in that Seattle Times Executive Editor Mike Fancher defended the policy of avoiding the "racistf use of language.
" He said the policy has been in place for more than 10 yearsx and is "thoughtful news judgment." "Wse think it's the right thing to do," he Freight industry leaders are workinfg unusually closely with clean-air regulators in a joinr effort to reduce air pollutionb from Puget Sound's maritime freight industry. Organized as the Puget Sound MaritimeAir Forum, the groupsd have launched a yearlong inventory of maritime-relateed air emissions in the Puget Sound region. The $400,0090 study is being paid for througg contributionsfrom private-sector stakeholders, the ports, the Westernn States Petroleum Association and the Environmentalk Protection Agency.
"We want to have a good inventor y of what the most significanttsources are, and we'll use the informatiob to guide our voluntary incentive programes to reduce emissions," said Dave air resources manger for the Puget Soundd Clean Air Agency. "This has been one of our more successfuol programs, because we have just aboutg everybody atthe table, and all thes people at the table are committed to doing some thingxs to impact diesel emissions." These emissionws have become a battleground in Southernm California, where court fights even delayed the opening of one container terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
But industryt people here want to avoidthosde battles, and they also don't want to contributes to air-quality problems, said Mike Moore, vice presideny of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), and a leader in the "Here we're looking at what we can do proactively, and in a nonregulatoryu way, to keep our air healthy and in he said. Local companies and ports already have taken a numbert of steps toreduce emissions, includingb plugging cruise ships into shore power when at dock so they won'rt have to run thei engines, upgrading container-handling equipment in Tacoma with pollution-reducing catalyticv devices, and introducing biodiesel into the fuel mix at Seattle's Terminalk 18, operated by SSA Marine Inc.
Kircher expects more targeted work to lowet emissions after the studyis "When we go to the next we'll want to have that data in fronr of us," he "PMSA is a real strong partner. They're the voice of industry."