Trademarks

Late last year, Gurkha filed a trademark lawsuit over Davidoff’s Limited Edition 2024 Year of the Dragon cigar. The two sides are also fighting a related legal dispute at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

While Davidoff has gotten one of four counts removed, the case will continue.

Last week, Davidoff asked a federal court to throw out Gurkha’s Year of the Dragon-related lawsuit.

Gurkha claims that the Davidoff Limited Edition 2024 Year of the Dragon cigar(s) violate its various dragon trademarks, including a pending one for “Year of Dragon.”

In December 2022, a U.S. trademark court ruled in favor of Cubatabaco, the Cuban cigar monopoly, over its near 30-year dispute with General Cigar Co. over who should own the U.S. trademark for Cohiba. Now, General is firing back with a new lawsuit.

General Cigar Co.’s registration of the Cohiba brand name has been canceled by the TTAB, but don’t expect the brand to disappear from store shelves in the immediate future.

On Tuesday, September 17, Iconic Leaf Cigars LLC filed a trademark suit against Vintage Cigar Distributors of New England, the New Hampshire company owned by…

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