GUANTANAMERA CIGAR CO. v. CORPORACION HABANOS, S.A.

Civil Action No. 08-0721 (RCL).

729 F.Supp.2d 246 (2010)

GUANTANAMERA CIGAR CO., Plaintiff, v. CORPORACION HABANOS, S.A., Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart Lee Gitler , Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C., Arlington, VA, Frank Herrera , Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Miami, FL, Lisa Nadine Kaufman , Law Office of Lisa N. Kaufman, Cooper City, FL, for Plaintiff.

David Barry Goldstein , Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, District Judge.

This case comes before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment filed by plaintiff Guantanamera Cigar Company's ("GCC") and defendant Corporacion Habanos, S.A. ("Habanos"). Upon reviewing the motions, the Court concludes that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB") erred as a matter of law in applying the three-part test for primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive marks, which...

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