Havana Club: trademark renewal in the USA

Press Release 19/02/2016

Pernod Ricard S.A. is pleased to confirm that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has renewed the Havana Club trademark registration in the United States through January 27, 2026. 

The renewal of the U.S. trademark registration means that the dispute over ownership of the Havana Club brand in the United States can be returned to the U.S. courts, where it can be decided on its merits.  'We are confident that Cubaexport, the Cuban entity that owns the U.S. trademark registration for Havana Club rum, will prevail in defending its registration in the pending litigation,' said Ian FitzSimons, General Counsel of Pernod Ricard.

Havana Club rum is the only 100% authentic and genuine Cuban rum distributed in more than 120 markets throughout the world, in which our joint-venture Havana Club Holdings owns the rights to the Havana Club trademark.  Pernod Ricard hopes that, in the future, it will be able to distribute Havana Club rum in the United States.

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