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Permalink Reply by Motorcycle Hippy Al on May 19, 2009 at 6:01am

You better watch out Bonnie, You know from My history that I can rattle cages."Alcohol has many stress relieving properties' so have that Bacardi 151 waiting for Me please, and remember no more than two, but I hope You are not good at counting.

For Being You and For Being Happy, as that is what makes Me Happy.

Clyde

Permalink Reply by Motorcycle Hippy Al on May 18, 2009 at 10:15pm

Now I just had to go look up Cuban Rum and I come across this article. See"Ignorance is Bliss" sometimes. Do I now boycott Bacardi Rum, because of this and My Cuban ancestry. Oh Me Oh My....such is Life. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions. "Happy Trails" & "Happy Drinking" whatever Your Poison or Non Poison be.
U.S. judge kills Cuban lawsuit on rum trademark

The Associated Press
Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 2:01 PM

WASHINGTON — A federal judge dismissed a Cuban lawsuit Monday over the termination of U.S. trademark rights for its Havana Club rum, a victory for Bacardi's effort to take over the brand name as its own in the United States.

The dispute dates back decades and is entangled in property seizures during the Cuban revolution, the trade embargo with the island nation and U.S. trademark law.

Cuba's Havana Club is not sold in the United States because of the trade embargo, but the company got a U.S. trademark for the name in 1976 for future opportunities in case the embargo is lifted.

French spirits producer Pernod Ricard has partnered with the Cuban government to sell Cuba's Havana Club internationally and has successfully driven up sales around the world outside the United States.

Tom Gjelten, an NPR reporter and author of a book on the dispute, said Bacardi realizes it is possible the Cuba trade embargo could be lifted and Cuba's Havana Club could become a threat to its rum sales in the United States.

Gjelten said Bacardi shrewdly bolstered its case by getting Congress to pass a law in 1998 that prevents the registration or renewal of trademarks connected with companies nationalized by the Cuban government.

Cubaexport, Cuba's state-owned export enterprise, filed the lawsuit three years ago against the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control after the agency refused to allow renewal of its trademark.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth cited that law Monday in his decision to throw out Cubaexport's case.

"What this decision seems to be is one more nail in the coffin for Pernod Ricard trying to hold onto its use of the Havana Club trademark in the United States," said Gjelten, author of "Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba."

Cubaexport attorney Vincent N. Palladino said the agency will appeal the decision. "The decision, and the process OFAC followed in denying Cubaexport a license, are especially disappointing given that U.S.-Cuba policy is under review," Palladino said in an e-mail.

Bacardi fought to have Cuba's trademark canceled and is now selling its own Havana Club rum in limited quantities in Florida, made in Puerto Rico so it doesn't violate the trade embargo. Bacardi has an application pending to register the mark in its own name.

As Bacardi explains it, Havana Club rum was developed in 1935 by a family owned Cuban company, Jose Arechabala SA.

When Fidel Castro rose to power, the family's plant and trademark were seized and the Cuban government began producing rum under the Havana Club label. Bacardi bought the original recipe and the Havana Club name from the Arechabala family in 1994.

"We are the legitimate owners of the brand," said Patricia M. Neal, spokeswoman for Bacardi USA Inc. "We're thrilled that once again the U.S. courts have upheld these laws."

Permalink Reply by s <3 on May 18, 2009 at 10:26pm

Bully boys

Permalink Reply by Vicky F. on May 19, 2009 at 12:50am

Sue this is a very nice place you need to do more advertising...you are an excellent host
thank you very much can i stay here with my cat...

Permalink Reply by s <3 on May 19, 2009 at 12:56am

You certainly can stay, what is your cats name? We don't have any cats here anymore, so you have need not worry about yours and all ours dogs are good with cats :)

Can I get you anything :)

Permalink Reply by Vicky F. on May 19, 2009 at 1:12am

My name is Minito I´m waiting for new iPeace members!!!

Permalink Reply by s <3 on May 19, 2009 at 1:26am

Meow purrrrrrrrrrr purrrrrrrrrrrr Minito, you are dong a great job xxxx

Permalink Reply by s <3 on May 19, 2009 at 9:10am

There will always be a 151 with diet Coke waiting for you at the bar, and I would not dream of ever counting how many you have consumed, I already have placed an order for another ten bottles of both liquids so that we never run out :)

Permalink Reply by s <3 on May 19, 2009 at 11:41pm

Here is your drink Sir :)