El Presidente Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Posted July 02, 2010 http://havanajournal.com/culture/entry/gen...main-names-702/ As cigar aficionados know, Altadis and General Cigar have been fighting a lengthy legal battle over the Cohiba brand that is being documented at our sister site, Cohibas.com. Days ago General Cigar appears to have made a strategic move to expand its ownership and use of the disputed trademark names with Cuba keyword domain name registrations. On June 30, 2010 General Cigar registered dozens of Cuban cigar brand domain names, apparently for it’s own marketing or trademark defense purposes. The company registered domain names such as bolivar-havana.com, cohiba-habana.com and montecristohabana.com. The registrations are for five years and has the “whois” registrant information listed as: General Cigar 7300 Beaufont Springs Drive Richmond, Virginia 23225 In the mid 1970’s General Cigar purchased of the U.S. rights to the Partagas brand from the Ramon Cifuentes’ family, makers of Partagas in Cuba until Castro took over. In 1981, General Cigar received the rights to the US trademark of the Cohiba brand. Today these are known as “red dot” Cohibas and not to be confused with the real Cohibas made in Cuba. In 1997 the company acquired Villazon & Company which was producing the Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey brands. When Swedish Match acquired General Cigar as a wholly owned subsidiary in 2005, La Gloria Cubana brand became part of the family. premium content Domain Names Registered by General Cigar bolivar-habana.com bolivar-habana.net bolivar-havana.com bolivar-havana.net bolivarhabana.com bolivarhabana.net bolivarhavana.com bolivarhavana.net cohiba-habana.com cohiba-habana.net cohiba-havana.com cohiba-havana.net cohibahabana.com cohibahabana.net little-havana-miami.com little-havana-miami.net littlehavana-miami.com littlehavana-miami.net montecristo-cuba.com montecristo-cuba.net montecristohabana.com montecristohabana.net partagas-habana.com partagas-habana.net partagas-havana.com partagas-havana.net partagashavana.com partagashavana.net r-j-cuba.com r-j-cuba.net rj-cuba.com rj-cuba.net romeoyjulietacuba.com romeoyjulietacuba.net romeoyjulietahabana.com romeoyjulietahabana.net trinidad-habana.com trinidad-habana.net trinidad-havana.com trinidad-havana.net Note: I left a voice message with the phone number on the whois and with the marketing department requesting comments on this article. I also sent an email through the website’s form requesting a comment.
El Presidente Posted July 7, 2010 Author Posted July 7, 2010 Wrong room noob!And what is "eneral..." I wondered where it went All is now good in the world
cigarros Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 Sad news Rob! Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow (( Let's take counsel of one's pillow
Jesuscookies Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 What's that saying? you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig? I think that's it.
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