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Events | 2009.08.30

U.S., Cuba brace for trademark wars

A man smokes a Cuban-made cigar in La Casa del Habano hotel July 27 in Old Havana. U.S. industry estimates show 85 million Cuban cigars could be shipped to the U.S. annually in a post-embargo world, potentially slashing profits for U.S. companies that sell about 255 million premium cigars a year. Washington’s 47-year-old trade embargo has kept Cuban products out of the U.S. — but hasn’t prevented companies from using the communist island’s brand names.


 

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