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111 Trademark Rep. 712 (2021)
Expropriation of Intellectual Property Rights: The Havana Club Trademark

handle is hein.journals/thetmr111 and id is 740 raw text is: Vol. 111 TMR EXPROPRIATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: THE HAVANA CLUB TRADEMARK* By Pablo Balancd-Vicente** Table of Contents I. In trodu ction .......................................................................7 14 II. From Jos6 Arechabala, S.A. to Cuba Export and Pernod ................................................................................716 A. The Founding of Jos6 Arechabala, S.A. and the Original HAVANA CLUB Trademarks ......................716 B. The Cuban Revolution: Confiscation of Jos6 Arechabala, S.A.'s Assets and the Metamorphosis of HAVANA CLUB Rum .............................................717 1. From Jos6 Arechabala, S.A. to Cuba Export........718 2. From Jos6 Arechabala, S.A. to Bacardi & Company Limited ..................................................719 III. The Laws Pertaining to the HAVANA CLUB Trademark Confiscation....................................................720 A. Cuban Law No. 890 .....................................................720 B. The United States Cuban Embargo Laws..................722 IV. Litigation Following Confiscations Under Cuban Law 890 ..............................................................................727 A. The CRISTAL Trademark Precedent .........................727 B. Bacardi's Litigation Over the Ownership of Jos6 Arechabala, S.A.'s HAVANA CLUB Trademark in Spain ........................................................................729 Adapted by the author from Birth, Metamorphosis, and Resurrection: Let the 'Little' Havana Club Prevail, 2020 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Student Category. ** Member of the Barcelona Bar since 2004, member of the New York Bar since 2014, member of the Florida Bar since 2020. 712