Weekly News (Aug. 3, 2015)

Cigar News

• 2016 Puro Sabor Festival Announced
• Chogüí Dos77 Released in the Dominican Republic
• E.P. Carrillo Edición Limitada 2016

2016 Ltd blend with 12 year old Capa Banda from Nicaragua pic.twitter.com/WxmMmFkrKV

— E.P. Carrillo (@EPCarrillo) August 1, 2015

• H. Upmann Magnum 56 Edición Limitada 2015 Ships
• La Flor Dominicana Sending Another Exclusive to Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival
• La Flor Dominicana Ships 1994 Tango, Colorado Oscuro & Salomón Especial
• MUWAT Kentucky Fire Cured Yard Bird Heading to Drew Estate Barn Smoker Events
• New RoMa Craft?

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• Tatuaje CiGWAR Returns for 2016
• New Tatuajes

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• Undercrown International Sampler Coming
• Warped Releases Lirio Rojo

Trademarks

• 800-JR Cigar, Inc. (JR Cigar) files for a trademark on “CRAFTED BY JR”

.@JRCigars has filed for “CRAFTED BY JR" pic.twitter.com/iELiKB0QZJ

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 3, 2015

• Brothers of the Leaf LLC (Palio) files for a trademark on this design.

Apparently Palio is still around? pic.twitter.com/9wrU0yvFZd

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 3, 2015

• Castro Brothers, LLC files for trademarks on “LORD CALVERT CIGARS” and “Sea Knight”

Castro Brothers, LLC has filed for a trademark on “LORD CALVERT CIGARS" pic.twitter.com/c2AVD5VjlI

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 3, 2015

Castro Brothers, LLC has filed for a trademark on “Sea Knight" pic.twitter.com/0wKFcsDbmY

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 3, 2015

• Excelsior Tobacco, LLC (Oliva Tobacco Co.) files for trademarks on “CIGARS FROM THE GROUND UP,” “DON ANGEL DE GUANE” and “NON PLUS ULTRA”

Excelsior Tobacco (Oliva Tobacco) files for TMs on: NON PLUS ULTRA, CIGARS FROM THE GROUND UP and DON ANGEL DE GUANE pic.twitter.com/GbLBVUmfwr

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 3, 2015

• Lucifer Cigars LLC files for a trademark on “LUCIFER”

Lucifer Cigars has filed for a trademark on “LUCIFER" pic.twitter.com/GV2lzgpkwp

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 3, 2015

• Max Rohr, Inc. (Altadis U.S.A.) files for a trademark on “ALWAYS TRUE”

Max Rohr, Inc. (Altadis U.S.A.) has filed for a trademark on “ALWAYS TRUE" pic.twitter.com/k3WB3WGviI

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 3, 2015

• Padilla Cigars Co. files for a trademark on “LA PILAR”

.@PADILLACIGARS has filed for a trademark on “La Pilar" pic.twitter.com/ecA79GdaUe

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 3, 2015

• Quality Importers Trading Co., Inc. files for a trademark on “BLOOD”

Perhaps the strangest TM I’ve seen since Fuente, Quality Importers files for one on “BLOOD" pic.twitter.com/5D1KrbS5ga

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 3, 2015

Legislation

• Massachusetts Tobacco Fight Reaches New Level

• Buckhannon, W.V. Rejects Expanding Smoking Ban
• Edgewater, N.J. Tables Tobacco Age Increase
• Kearney, Mo. Voting on Smoking Ban
• Ketchikan, Alaska Heading Towards Tobacco Tax Vote — Via KRBD.
• Pottsboro, Texas Considering Smoking Ban — Via The Herald Democrat.
• Renton, Wash. Bans Smoking in Some Parks

Colleges & Universities

• Berry College — Now tobacco-free.
• Lincoln Memorial University — Now tobacco-free.
• University of South Alabama — Now tobacco-free.
• University of Vermont — Now tobacco-free.
• Wayne State University — Tobacco-free as of Aug. 19.

Deals From Our Sponsors

• Atlantic Cigar Co. — AVO Limited Edition 2014 88 (Box of 16, $128)
• Cigar Hustler — RoMa Craft Tobac El Catador de Las Petit Coronas Pre-Order (Box of 10, $62.50)
• Cigars.com — Camacho American Barrel-Aged Robusto (Box of 20, $180)
• Elite Cigar Cafe — Litto Gomez Event on Aug. 11
• Emerson’s — Davidoff Escuro Robusto Tubos (Box of 12, $181.99)
• JR Cigar — Free AVO Vinyl Record Ashtray With AVO Box Purchase
• Lone Star State Cigar Co. — CroMagnon Atlatl (Box of 12, $97.50)
• Serious Cigars — Neanderthal SGP (Box of 15, $121.50)
• STOGIES World Class Cigars — La Palina H-Town Lancero (Box of 10, $80.55)

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.