Legal Opinion
Pernod Ricard USA, LLC v. Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 4, 2011No. 10-2354PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JORDAN, Circuit Judge.
Pernod Ricard USA, LLC (“Pernod”) appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware that the label of “Havana Club” brand rum, a rum sold in the United States by Bacardi U.S.A., Inc. (“Bacardi”), is not a false advertisement of the rum’s geographic origin under Section 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(B). Because we agree with the District Court that no reasonable interpretation of the label as a whole could lead to the conclusion that it is false or misleading, we will affirm.
I. Background
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