Stinky Ashtrays Sues Prestige Import Group
Stinky Cigar, the company behind Stinky ashtrays, has sued one of its former customers over trademark infringement.
In a lawsuit filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Stinky alleges that Prestige Import Group—through its retail operation, 1st Class Humidors, and other third-party platforms like Amazon—knowingly sold products that infringe upon Stinky’s marks.
Stinky claims that Prestige Import Groups was a customer from 2005-2020, but after its most recent shipment—June 2020—began selling ashtrays that it alleges are knock-offs of Stinky’s designs. According to the lawsuit, this includes selling through 1stclasshumidors.com and other retailers like Amazon and eBay. A recent search of 1stclasshumidors.com and Prestige Import Group’s Amazon’s storefront did not show any ashtrays listed for sale with stirrups.
In January 2021, Stinky Cigar filed for two design trademarks that show two of its ashtrays.
Charlie Minato
I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.
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