(CN) - A Cuban government-owned tobacco company won its 12-year legal battle to stop a U.S. cigar producer from using the Cohiba name and trademark in the United States. A federal judge in Manhattan ...

In what may be the longest running trademark dispute in the United States, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) in December 2022 ordered the cancellation of the COHIBA and COHIBA ...

One of the iconic images of Cuba is that of former leader Fidel Castro – all green fatigues and thick, greying beard – puffing on his favorite cigar, a Cohiba Corona Especial. The Cuban Cohiba – along ...

The legal dispute dates back to 1997, when Cuba’s state-owned company attempted to register its Cohiba mark but was turned away because of General Cigar Company’s registration. The court found ...

SAN JOSE DE LAS LAJAS, Cuba -- Cuban rum maestro Jose Navarro's taste buds sing when he sips Havana Club, the sweet spirit distilled in this farming town south of the capital. "It has to be Cuban," ...

Havana is the destination of the moment. In the past couple of months, Barack Obama, the Rolling Stones and even the Kardashians have made pilgrimages to the Cuban capital—along with Karl Lagerfeld ...

Cuban craft, like Cuban music, thrives on improvisation. “Access to materials can be challenging,” says Cynthia Vidaurri, a Smithsonian researcher who is the curator of the institution’s Folklife ...

A federal judge rules to strip the General Cigar Co. of the Cohiba brand trademark, siding with Havana's Cubatabaco, the originator of the name. The ruling follows a lawsuit initially filed in 1997 by ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link China has overtaken Spain to become the world's biggest market for pricey Cuban cigars, according to Habanos, Cuba's state-owned cigar company.

General Cigar of Virginia sought to reverse cancellation of its Cohiba mark. The Virginia court said the Inter-American Convention allowed Cuba to assert its rights. The court found General Cigar ...

Cuban craft, like Cuban music, thrives on improvisation. “Access to materials can be challenging,” says Cynthia Vidaurri, a Smithsonian researcher who is the curator of the institution’s Folklife ...