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HAVANA CLUB HOLDING, S.A. v. GALLEON S.A.

Docket No. 99-7582

203 F.3d 116 (2000)

HAVANA CLUB HOLDING, S.A., Havana Club International, S.A., Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants, v. GALLEON S.A., Bacardi-Martini USA, Inc., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees, Gallo Wine Distributors, Inc., G.W.D. Holdings Inc., Premier Wine and Spirits, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 4, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Sims, New York, N.Y. (Joshua J. Pollack, Jenifer Paine, Proskauer Rose LLP; Michael Krinsky, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York, N.Y., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

William R. Golden, Jr., New York, N.Y. (Michelle M. Graham, Margaret Ferguson, Scott H. Mandel, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

(Mark Traphagen, Brett G. Kappel, David C. Quam, Marinn F. Carlson, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Washington, D.C., submitted a brief for amicus curiae Organization for International Investment).

Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal, raising issues concerning the Cuban embargo, arises from a dispute between two rum producers over the rights to the "Havana Club" trademark and trade name. Havana Club Holding, S.A. ("HCH") and Havana Club International, S.A. ("HCI") appeal from the June 28, 1999, judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Shira A. Scheindlin, District Judge), dismissing trademark, trade name, and...

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