Weekly News (April 6, 2015)

Cigar News

• Alec Bradley Announces Black Market Chunk
• Crowned Heads Announces Las Calaveras 2015
• El Primer Mundo Liga Miami Returns
• IPCPR 2015 Convention & Trade Show Registration Opens

#IPCPR15 Registration is open! Join us July 17-21 in #NewOrleans. Featuring improved educational… https://t.co/4XewWRdDB0

— Premium Cigar Association (@PCA1933) April 1, 2015

• JR Cigar Opens New Mooresville Store
• Kafie 1901 Connecticut Ships
• Lost & Found Ships Five New Releases
• Macanudo Inspirado Adds Two Sizes
• Michael Huff Leaves M Tabacos/Dante
• Quesada España Petit Belicoso Box Heads to Cigar Cove
• Quesada Reserva Privada Ships — Review here.
• Warped Shipping La Hacienda

Trademarks

• Emma Viktorsson files for “FRIEYJA”

Take two. @emmasenorial, wife of @joseblanco809, files for a trademark on “FREYJA" pic.twitter.com/eg3U4s33HH

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) March 31, 2015

• Fairmont Holdings (Alec Bradley) files for “WHITE GOLD”

Fairmont Holdings (Alec Bradley) has filed for “White Gold” Now for cigar box, cutters &tubes “not of precious metal" pic.twitter.com/Q570ghywSs

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) March 30, 2015

• La Aurora files for “PETRONIO”

La Aurora has filed for a trademark on “PETRONIO” pic.twitter.com/AxYJNtC3l1

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) March 30, 2015

• Oettinger Davidoff AG files for “JAMASTRAN”

Oettinger Davidoff ag has (also) filed for a trademark on Jamastran pic.twitter.com/NAcnCcZ8l1

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) March 30, 2015

• Oettinger Davidoff AG files for “RANCHO JAMASTRAN”

Oettinger Davidoff AG has filed for a trademark on Rancho Jamastran (name of the old Camacho factory) pic.twitter.com/jjSmn6QKkv

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) March 30, 2015

• Pop’s Family Cigars, Inc. files for “DEFCON”

Pop’s Family Cigars, Inc. (Robert Arango, who also owns Arandoza) has filed for a trademark on “DECFON” pic.twitter.com/Mck15UXdi6

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) April 4, 2015

• Thompson and Company of Tampa, Inc. files for “GRAYWOLF”

Thompson has filed for a trademark on “GRAYWOLF" pic.twitter.com/7R6quTw5KN

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) April 4, 2015

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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.