Weekly News (May 18, 2015)

Cigar News

• Caldwell Last Tsar Ships
• Chinnock Cellars XOXO Slated for IPCPR 2015
• Crux Classic Corona Gorda Heads to Elite Cigar Cafe
• Davidoff Announces Las Vegas Cigar Bar
• Drew Estate Pope of Greenwich Village Ships June 1
• E.P. Carrillo Adds La Historia Regalias d’Celia
• Epic Maduro Reserva Lancero Coming Next Month
• Espinosa Cigars Relaunching Murcielago
• JFR Lunatic El Chiquito Ships — Details here.
• La Aurora Puro Vintage 2006 Ships
• Larceny Begins Shipping
• Lost&Found Racks on Racks Heads to Cigar Federation
• MBombay Habano Released
• PDR Cigars Appoints Robbie Streitz as National Sales Manager
• Rocky Patel Edge A-10 Ships
• Spence Drake Resigns As Cubanacan VP of Sales

Trademarks

• K. Hansotia & Co. (Gurkha) files for a trademark on “CHATEAUX D’IF”

K. Hansotia & Co. (@gurkhacigars) has filed for a trademark on “CHATEAUX D’IF" pic.twitter.com/j3KJdkpoOi

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 12, 2015

• K. Hansotia & Co. (Gurkha) files for a trademark on “DUMAS”

K. Hansotia & Co. (@gurkhacigars) has filed for a trademark on “DUMAS" pic.twitter.com/6Rx5wXdgem

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 12, 2015

• K. Hansotia & Co. (Gurkha) files for a trademark on “TOUCHE”

K. Hansotia & Co. (@gurkhacigars) has filed for a trademark on “TOUCHE" pic.twitter.com/RPrTzzLtyy

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 12, 2015

• M&D Wholesale Distributors Inc. (Cigars International/Meier & Dutch) files for a trademark on “JUST MARRIED”

M&D Wholesale Distributors Inc. (Cigars International/Meier & Dutch) has filed for a trademark on “JUST MARRIED" pic.twitter.com/gywAnL6ocR

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 18, 2015

• Max Rohr, Inc. (Altadis USA) files for a trademark on “ALLOY”

Max Rohr, Inc. (Altadis USA) has filed for a trademark on “ALLOY" pic.twitter.com/ifaC9pkR2B

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 12, 2015

• Paul Stulac files for a trademark on “El Nuevo Comienzo Cigars”

Paul Stulac (@PaulStulac) has filed for a trademark on “El Nuevo Comienzo Cigars” pic.twitter.com/3sqEZLollI

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 18, 2015

• Stix and Stones Inc. (Cigar Hustler) files for a trademark on “POWSTANIE”

Stix and Stones Inc. (@CigarHustler) has filed for a trademark on “POWSTANIE” pic.twitter.com/FLbT94sJwH

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 18, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “BLUE PETER”

Thompson Cigar Co. has filed for a trademark on “BLUE PETER” pic.twitter.com/SzI1fNSqhO

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 14, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “CHARIOTS OF FIRE”

Thompson has filed for a trademark on “CHARIOTS OF FIRE" pic.twitter.com/ycvWlsV1Au

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 12, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “DABLIONE”

Thompson Cigar Co. has filed for a trademark on “DABLIONE” pic.twitter.com/MBODZ6ysR6

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 14, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “DARK DOMINION”

Thompson has filed for a trademark on “DARK DOMINION" pic.twitter.com/qaQWyrAW5q

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 12, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “DOPPELGANGER”

Thompson Cigar Co. has filed for a trademark on “DOPPELGANGER” pic.twitter.com/deTz465qSN

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 14, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “RUSSIAN LADY”

Thompson Cigar Co. has filed for a trademark on “RUSSIAN LADY” pic.twitter.com/8wUoqNkvdQ

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 14, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “SAVAGE”

Thompson has filed for a trademark on “SAVAGE" pic.twitter.com/zXOBO51Ai8

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 12, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “SHOGUN”

Thompson has filed for a trademark on “SHOGUN" pic.twitter.com/Cpg5ow7aFT

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 12, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “TORQUEMADA”

Thompson Cigar Co. has filed for a trademark on “TORQUEMADA” pic.twitter.com/xyTxl3v0BF

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 14, 2015

• Thompson and Co. of Tampa (Thompson) files for a trademark on “WATERLOO”

Thompson Cigar Co. has filed for a trademark on “WATERLOO” pic.twitter.com/I71BwDvCrW

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) May 14, 2015

Legislation

• New House Bill Seeks to Push Back FDA Grandfather Date
• Senator Threatens More Tobacco Regulations If FDA Doesn’t Act By Summer
• Indiana Cigar Bar Bill Signed
• Louisiana Local Tobacco Tax Bill Stalls
• Massachusetts Tobacco Age Increase Proposed Again
• New Oregon Tobacco Rules Proposed
• New Orleans Cigar Bar Gets Exemption

• Albert Lea, Minn. Passes Smoking Ban
• Amherst, Mass. Increases Tobacco Purchasing Age
• Clatsop County, Ore. Passes Parks Tobacco Ban
• Danvers, Mass. Increases Tobacco Purchasing Age
• Harrison County, Miss. Heading Towards Smoking Ban on County Property
• Macau Casino Smoking Ban Advancing — Via Casino News Daily.
• Maplewood, Minn. Enacts New Tobacco Rules
• Nelsonville, Ohio Bans Parks Smoking
• North Plainfield, N.J. Considers Minimum Tobacco Age Increase
• Salem, Ore. Smoking Ban Considered
• Sonoma, Calif. Could Ban Tobacco Retailers
• Ulster County, N.Y. Passes New Tobacco Regulations
• Tamworth, Australia Considers Smoking Ban — Via Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

• Del Mar College — Smoking ban effective this fall.
• Southern Connecticut State University — Tobacco-free effective Aug. 25.
• West Virginia University — Smoking ban facing lawsuit.

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.