Article: Buddha Bar wars come to Tel Aviv court

TALYA HALKIN and DAN IZENBERG
Jerusalem Post
02-22-2006
Headline: Buddha Bar wars come to Tel Aviv court
Byline: TALYA HALKIN and DAN IZENBERG
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 01

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 -- For practicing Buddhists and many others, the image of the Buddha is associated with the renunciation of material goods and worldly pleasures in favor of inner peace.

Yet in a legal battle currently taking place between a Parisian bar and one in Tel Aviv - both of which are named after him - the question of who owns the commercial rights and profits related to the Buddha "brand" reigns supreme.

Founded in Paris in 1996 by French businessman Raymond Visan, the Buddha Bar quickly became ...

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