INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Honolulu, HAWAII (AP) — Last year, much of Hawaii was shocked to learn a Chicago restaurant chain owner had trademarked the name “Aloha Poke” and wrote to cubed fish shops around the country demanding that they stop using the Hawaiian language moniker for their own eateries. The cease-and-desist...

![Aloha Poke Shop is a store in Honolulu that received a letter from Chicago-based Aloha Poke Co. saying the Illinois company had trademarked “Aloha Poke” and the Hawaii company would need to change its name. Hawaii lawmakers are considering adopting a resolution calling for the creation of legal protections for Native Hawaiian cultural intellectual property. [PHOTO: AP] Aloha Poke Shop in Honolulu](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/unnamed_0.jpg?itok=rhN6jC2-)