PERNOD TAKES U.S. OFFICIALS TO COURT
U.S. trade officials will appear before the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body to explain why they are forbidding Pernod Ricard from registering Havana Club rum as a trademark in the U.S.
In 2001 the WTO ordered Washington to suspend a law banning joint ventures with Fidel Castro's government from registering trademarks in the U.S., which includes Pernod’s Havana Club rum. But last summer, the U.S. denied Pernod a permit, and instead gave it to Bermuda-based Bacardi.
In 2001 the WTO ordered Washington to suspend a law banning joint ventures with Fidel Castro's government from registering trademarks in the U.S., which includes Pernod’s Havana Club rum. But last summer, the U.S. denied Pernod a permit, and instead gave it to Bermuda-based Bacardi.
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