BUSINESS BRIEFS
Suit filed over Kapalua trademark
Advertiser Staff
Maui Land & Pineapple Co., which developed the Kapalua Resort, has sued a Maui resident for trademark infringement because she has registered the domain name and runs a Web site named www.Kapaluaadventuretours.com
The company filed a complaint in federal court here earlier this week saying it owns the Kapalua trademarks and had sent letters to Leona McIsaac asking that she stop using the name. It hadn't heard from her since February, according to court papers.
FED REPORT NOTES DROP IN TOURISM
The latest Beige Book report from the Federal Reserve Board's 12th District notes that little or no economic growth was experienced during June and early July in the nine-state region it covers. Among the anecdotal information it reported was Hawai'i tourism being off from a year earlier.
"Tourist activity was flat to down in general, with noticeable declines reported for Hawaii, and contacts expect further weakening over the balance of 2008," the report said.
"Airlines struggled with reduced travel demand and higher fuel costs, and contacts noted plans for further cutbacks in flights."
HONOLULU NO. 2 ON HEALTHY-CITY LIST
Honolulu has been named the second-healthiest city in the country in which to live and retire by AARP Magazine.
The world's largest-circulation magazine said Honolulu residents spent more time exercising than almost any other city it surveyed and that an "impressive" 95 percent of residents are covered by health insurance. It also noted Honolulu has one of the highest life expectancy rates of any city.
The magazine looked at 20 measures of vitality, including clean air and water along with availability of healthcare and healthy eating habits, to come up with its list of the top 10 healthiest places to live in the nation.
Ann Arbor, Mich., was named the healthiest city because of exercise rates and the high numbers of physicians per residents.
FIRM TO MARKET HEALING PRODUCTS
Bioponic Phytoceuticals Inc., a Maui-based distributor of natural products, said it signed an agreement with Truly Natural Marketing to market its products to distributors and retailers in the health food products industry.
Truly Natural is a New Hampshire-based sales and marketing firm that specializes in representing all-natural healing products.
Bioponic Phytoceuticals said Truly Natural will market its key products as part of a national rollout. Its products include Hawaiian Healing Mist, Noni Healing Tonic and O-Spray.
LINGLE ATTENDS ENERGY CONFERENCE
Gov. Linda Lingle and other state officials are in Nassau, Bahamas, today for a one-day conference focusing on developing renewable energy solutions for island nations, states and territories. While there, Lingle is scheduled to participate in the announcement of an international partnership for energy development in island nations.
Lingle is scheduled to travel to Denver tomorrow to participate in a regulatory training workshop as part of the Hawai'i Clean Energy Initiative. The training is a continuation of workshops providing Hawai'i regulators with the tools and options to develop regulations the state needs to develop to achieve renewable energy goals.
The workshop will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In March, Lingle and laboratory officials announced a public-private partnership to establish a wind technology program on Maui.
