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Habanos S.A. Pursues Another Nearly Complete TM

As part of its recent actions, Habanos S. A. has filed a protest to a U. S. trademark registration just days before the five-year waiting period ends. From Frank Herrera at Cigar Law

 

DAYS BEFORE ELIGIBILITY FOR INCONTESTABLE STATUS, CORP. HABANOS DOES IT AGAIN

1 02 2010

If you’ve been following Cigarlaw.com lately, I’ve reported that Corporacion Habanos has been busy lately filing petitions for cancellation against trademarks that are days away from being eligible to be incontestable. Here’s another one that was filed last month.

If you owned a federal trademark registration that was nearly 5 years old, would you be surprised that a Cuban company is now filing a petition to cancel the registration? What public policy is supported by allowing Corporacion Habanos and others to do this? If successful in canceling these registrations, will it really clear the way for Corporacion Habanos to distribute and sell their cigars in the US in the future?

When is that glorious day? Interestingly, James Suckling recently penned this article in Cigar Aficionado. It’s interesting not in content, but in the fact that Suckling wrote it and that it was published in Cigar Aficionado. There must be something behind this.