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Stand for Aloha Rallies and March Planned Against Aloha Poke Co.

Native Hawaiians from across the nation will participate in a series of protests over the next week against what organizers are calling “aggressive efforts” by Aloha Poke Company “to assert ownership over the Native Hawaiian word ‘aloha.'”

US Patent Office to Conduct Maui Intellectual Boot Camp, Oct. 4

Experts from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C. will be on Maui to present an “Intellectual Property Boot Camp” at the Maui Research & Technology Center in Kīhei on Oct. 4, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.