Mexican government says Starbucks owes for using pre-Hispanic images on coffee mugs

The government of Mexico and Starbucks are engaged in an intellectual property rights battle over a line of coffee mugs at the coffee chain that display images of the Aztec calendar stone and the Pyramid of the Moon, from the Teotihuacan ruins.

The Mexican government says it has notified Starbucks Corp. that Mexico is owed intellectual property rights for a line of coffee mugs showing pre-Hispanic images.

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Want to bet Mexico loses this one.