Bacardi & Company Limited v. Empresa Cubana Exportadora De Alimentos Y Productos Varios

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BACARDI & COMPANY LIMITED, and BACARDI U.S.A., INC., Plaintiffs, v. EMPRESA CUBANA EXPORTADORA Case No. 1:04-cv-00519 (EGS) DE ALIMENTOS Y PRODUCTOS VARIOS d/b/a CUBAEXPORT, and HAVANA CLUB HOLDING, S.A., d/b/a HCH, S.A., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Bacardi & Company Limited and Bacardi U.S.A., Incorporated (collectively “Bacardi”), bring this action under the Trademark Act of 1946 (“Lanham Act”), 60 Stat. 427, as amended,

15 U.S.C. § 1051

(1988), et seq. seeking review of the decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”)…