The logo has gone through changes over time, including its color (from brown to green) in 1987, followed by a more modern adaption in 1992 when Starbucks became a publicly traded company.

In its filing with the U.S. District Court, Starbucks lays out all of the similarities between its intellectual property and Starbuds’ logo in an annotated side-by-side graphic.

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