October 16, 2024
A D.C. federal judge tossed a Cuban state-owned company's counterclaim accusing Bacardi of infringing its "Havana Club" trademark, saying U.S. law barred the court from enforcing the mark.
March 07, 2023
One of two Cuban manufacturers must face part of Bacardi's long-running trademark suit aimed at canceling a registration for a Havana Club rum brand after a D.C. federal judge refused to toss Bacardi's fraud and misrepresentation claims.
May 02, 2016
In the latest development in a multidecade trademark dispute, a pair of Cuban companies have asked a D.C. federal judge to dismiss Bacardi & Co. Ltd.'s lawsuit seeking cancelation of a trademark registration held by one of the companies, saying that Bacardi's suit fails to make a sufficient argument for cancelling the disputed registration.
March 15, 2016
Bacardi on Friday cracked open a new round of its longstanding legal dispute with a Cuban state-owned entity over the trademark for the "Havana Club" brand of rum, arguing that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in January wrongly allowed its rivals to renew a registration for the mark.