The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI by its Spanish acronym) recognizes COHIBA as “famous brand”. From the very moment of its creation in 1966, Cohiba brand began to be perceived as exceptional by smokers all over the world. Its notoriety started to grow vertiginously, because of its association with the...
Unexpectedly the Community Court of Luxemburgo has rejected the sue filed by Corporación Habanos, S.A. against the application for registration of the Community trademark Kiowa & Device No. 3.963.931 on behalf of Tabacos de Centroamérica S.L. Corporación Habanos S.A., the worldwide leader of Premium cigars in the market and the...
Habanos, S.A. has won another court positive decision concerning Cuban geographical indications in relation to cigars. The Spaniard Supreme Court has declared null the trademark HERENCIA CUBANA due to it is geographically deceptively misdescriptive. The brand is linked to cigars that are non- Cuban origin. Habanos S.A. es la única entidad...
It has been seized more than one thousand bottles of rum bearing the famous Cohiba cigar trademark. The Spaniard Police has identified the counterfeited product in Jaen, Madrid, Pamplona, Almería, Córdoba, Murcia, Málaga, Badajoz, Castellón and Toledo. The infringers will be pursued due to an Industrial Property crime. Corporación Habanos,...
Cubatabaco is disappointed with today’s decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but will pursue its available options to vindicate its right to the world famous Cohiba mark, which include, as the Court of Appeals previously held, prosecution of Cubatabaco’s pending petition in the U.S. Trademark Trial and...
The Cuban cigar company Cubatabaco has won a court order enjoining General Cigar from continuing to use the COHIBA trademark in the United States. Federal judge Robert W. Sweet, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, issued the injunction on December 14, 2009. COHIBA is...
Cuban Customs approved last July a new regulation aimed at regulating the cigars leaving the Island carried by travelers. According to the new regulation, every single traveler can carry without trade purposes up to 20 units of loose cigars without papers, invoice or other requirements. This new provision, dated July...
Corporación Habanos, SA y Hunters & Frankau Limited, su distribuidor en el Reino Unido, han recibido con satisfacción el fallo de la Sentencia de la Corte Suprema que ha confirmado el derecho de Corporación Habanos, SA a prohibir la importación de cigarros cubanos en la Unión Europea sin su consentimiento....
Cubatabaco Will Appeal Decision of U.S. Court of Appeals on COHIBA The Cuban cigar company Cubatabaco announced today that it will appeal the February 24, 2004 decision of the United States Court of Appeals in New York reversing the U.S. District Court judgment that had awarded the U.S. rights to...
A federal judge has ruled in favor of Cubatabaco, the Cuban cigar company, in a trademark dispute over the US rights to Cohiba, the cigar brand that obtained international fame as the favorite of Cuban President Fidel Castro. In New York, the judge Robert W. Sweet Jr., of the United...
