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- Cuba: U.S. Patent Office Confirms Cuban-French Firm's Rights To Havana Club Trademark
- On Jan. 29, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board TTAB of the US Patent and Trademark Office ruled in favor of a Cuban-French firm that sells rum in some 80 countries under the Havana Club trademark. The ruling undermines special-interest legislation favoring Bacardi-Martini Inc., which claims the Havana Club...
- Research articles 2004-03-04
- DeLay aids Bacardi rum empire in effort to circumvent WTO fury over Section 211
- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a long-time supporter of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, is using his considerable political power to help Bacardi win a rum battle against Havana Club Holdings, a Cuban-French joint venture. The Texas Republican is lobbying to include language in the 2004 defense authorization...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- Repeal Section 211.(LETTERS)
- Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thank you for correcting your March 19 story "Showdown over U.S. Cuba policy nears," in which you reported that the newly formed Congressional Cuba working group was expected to "announce its support for a controversial trademark law known as Section...
- Research articles 2002-04-03
- CUBA: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION APPELLATE BODY FAILS TO SETTLE HAVANA CLUB DISPUTE IN RECENT RULING.
- The long-running fight over who owns the Havana Club rum trademark is not over, even though the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization WTO issued a ruling that is considered final. In a complex decision, the body gave both the Bermuda-based Bacardi firm and the French-Cuban firm Pernod...
- Research articles 2002-01-24
- The Dallas Morning News Jim Landers Column.
- By Jim Landers, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--WASHINGTON--The World Trade Organization treads carefully through the many trade disputes between Europe and America. Last week, a WTO appeals panel gave half a loaf to each side. Or,...
- Research articles 2002-01-07
- Cuba News In Brief
- A ruling by the World Trade Organization WTO supports the US position in the long-running trademark dispute between a Cuban-French firm and Bacardi. But the decision also could lead to another round of court battles in the US. Twenty-two Cubans rescued at sea are allowed to stay in the US...
- Research articles 2001-08-16
- U.S., European Union Vie over Cuban Liquor Trademarks.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Sep. 26--Rum, a drink that normally evokes sun and fun on pristine Caribbean beaches, today will become the latest battleground in trans-Atlantic trade as the European Union challenges in the World Trade Organization a U.S. law aimed at communist Cuba. But the Senate Foreign...
- Research articles 2000-09-25
- EU ESCALATES DISPUTE WITH U.S. OVER CUBAN RUM.(International Pages)(Brief Article)
- The European Union has raised the stakes in a transatlantic battle over the rights to a brand of Cuban rum, asking for a World Trade Organization WTO dispute panel to probe a U.S. law on trademarks, reports CANA-Reuters (July 3, 2000): The WTO dispute...
- Research articles 2000-08-01
- World Trade Organization begins hearing Havana Club case
- The World Trade Organization WTO has begun hearings on the longstanding dispute regarding ownership of the Havana Club rum label. In April, a New York court ruled that rights to the trademark belong to the Bacardi company and that the Cuban-French joint venture Pernod Ricard-Havana Club Holding could not...
- Research articles 1999-09-23
- European Union to Challenge Bacardi's Right to Havana Club Trademark.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 3 -- The European Union ratcheted up the stakes in a dispute over the Havana Club rum trademark -- claimed by both Cuba and Bacardi -- by announcing Friday it would take a French liquor company's complaint to the...
- Research articles 1999-07-02
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- European Union, France's Pernod Ricard Win Round in Battle over Bacardi Rum.
- By Rafael Lorente, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--WASHINGTON--The World Trade Organization has handed a partial victory to the European Union and French spirits maker Pernod Ricard in their battle with the United States and Bacardi Ltd. over the Havana...
- Research articles 2001-06-14
- Battle over Rum-Agreement with Cuba Could Hurt U.S. Trademarks.
- By Rafael Lorente, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 12--WASHINGTON -- A corporate battle over one of the main ingredients in a Cuba Libre--rum--could spill into an international trade war affecting the makers of the other ingredient, Coca-Cola. ...
- Research articles 2001-06-12
- Pernod Ricard Says EU, US Preparing Talks in Havana Club Spat
- Pernod Ricard SA said EU and U.S. officials are to meet today in Geneva to sort out a dispute involving trademark rights to the Havana Club brand of rum, which Pernod and Bacardi Ltd. both claim as their own. The EU is seeking action with the World Trade Organization...
- Research articles 1999-09-13
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