Bacardi Can't Stymie Rum TM Renewal, USPTO Tells 4th Circ.

By Hayley Fowler ( August 7, 2025, 4:31 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told the Fourth Circuit its former director was right to renew a Cuban company's expired trademark registration for Havana Club rum after the company got retroactive approval to pay the registration fee, even if beverage giant Bacardi said it was too late....

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