Pernod wins right to use Havana Club rum trademark in Spain
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| Published on Thursday, March 15, 2007 |
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By Ladka Bauerova
PARIS, France: Pernod Ricard SA, the world's second-largest liquor company, has won a legal victory over use of the Havana Club rum trademark in Spain.
A court in Madrid barred Bacardi Ltd., the world's biggest rum maker, from using the brand in Spain, Paris-based Pernod said this week in an e-mailed statement. The court said consumers would be misled by the sale of a rum made outside Cuba under the name, according to the statement.
Pernod and Bacardi have disputed the right to the Havana Club trademark for a decade. The US Patent and Trademark Office last year barred Pernod from selling the rum in the country. Hamilton, Bermuda-based Bacardi said in August it had applied to register the brand in its own name in the US.
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