Legal Opinion
Emmpresa Cubana Del Tabaco v. Culbro Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 15, 2000No. 97 CIV. 8399 RWSPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Plaintiff Empresa Cubana del Tabaco d.b.a Cubatabaco (“Cubatabaco”) has moved under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 7 and 38 to strike the jury demand of defendants Culbro Corporation, and General Cigar Co., Inc. (collectively, “General Cigar”). For the reasons set forth below, the motion is granted.
This motion requires once again peering through the mists of time, aided by precedent, to define the line between equity and law in a controversy over trademark, in this instance the “COHIBA” mark as applied to cigars. The dispute may foreshadow an effort by…
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3Cited by19 opinions
- EVEREST CAPITAL LIMITED, — v. EVEREST FUNDS MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. EVEREST FUNDS VINOD GUPTA EVEREST INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.L.C., —Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Emmpresa Cubana Del Tabaco v. Culbro Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2003
- L & L WINGS, INC. v. Marco-Destin Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2010
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- Black & Decker Corp. v. Positec USA Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2015
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