The Idaho State Senate has objected to a Turkish agriculture company’s application to the Turkish Patent Institute to trademark the word "Idaho" for use on its products.
Idaho, a state in the northwestern region of the United States, has gone by the moniker since it was officially declared the 43rd state in 1890. The Idaho State Senate recently passed a resolution proposed by the Idaho Potato Commission and is on its way to fast-tracking a process to formally object to the trademark application within the Turkish Patent Institute’s public comment period, which ends Feb. 12.
The Idaho Potato Commission, an agency of the State of Idaho that makes promoting and regulating the quality of the state’s spud its business, has also hired a Turkish attorney to put a stop to the trademark process, according to Boise-based Idaho Statesmen newspaper.
An Idaho senator claimed Idahoans treasure the Idaho name and warned that a trademark of the name by Turkish Patent Institute for a company's products would see products not regulated by the state of Idaho sold internationally under the Idaho name.
Idaho is known as an important agricultural state, producing nearly one-third of the potatoes grown in the United States.
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