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<blockquote data-quote="Kea" data-source="post: 10372" data-attributes="member: 185"><p>With the Cuban revolution, many of the cigar factory owning families left Cuba ( sooner or later) and opened cigars operations elsewhere ( Honduras, Nicaragua, etc.) under the same trademarks they were using back in Cuba.</p><p>The issue with the trademark ownership has already started with the name "Cohiba".</p><p>Cohiba is a trademark created after the Revolution, but bacause of the embargo, another cigar maker (General Cigar/Swedish Macth) registered the trademark in US.</p><p>Cubatabaco (Cuban Gov) sued Genreal Cigar for trademark infringement: won in the first instance, lost in apealtion, and is being reviewed.</p><p>We will see many trademark disputes like this .</p><p>We may also see how the right to use the Partagas, Bolivar, etc. trademarks will be split by countries ( Cuban Cohiba will not be able to sell under that name in US, etc.).</p><p>The fact that BAT is now co-owning with the Cuban Gov the whole Cuban cigar portfolio, will be adding a strong muscle on the Cuban side in this conflict.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, let keep enjoy our smoking while we can <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kea, post: 10372, member: 185"] With the Cuban revolution, many of the cigar factory owning families left Cuba ( sooner or later) and opened cigars operations elsewhere ( Honduras, Nicaragua, etc.) under the same trademarks they were using back in Cuba. The issue with the trademark ownership has already started with the name "Cohiba". Cohiba is a trademark created after the Revolution, but bacause of the embargo, another cigar maker (General Cigar/Swedish Macth) registered the trademark in US. Cubatabaco (Cuban Gov) sued Genreal Cigar for trademark infringement: won in the first instance, lost in apealtion, and is being reviewed. We will see many trademark disputes like this . We may also see how the right to use the Partagas, Bolivar, etc. trademarks will be split by countries ( Cuban Cohiba will not be able to sell under that name in US, etc.). The fact that BAT is now co-owning with the Cuban Gov the whole Cuban cigar portfolio, will be adding a strong muscle on the Cuban side in this conflict. Anyway, let keep enjoy our smoking while we can :) [/QUOTE]
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