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Relatives of executed man seek ruling on trademarks • Lawyers believe courts can unlock regime's assets
Jump to full article: The Guardian (uk), 2009-09-11
Author: Richard Luscombe in Miami
Intro: But now a court in Miami may hand two of Cuba's most prized assets – the trademarks for Havana Club rum and Cohiba cigars – to the family of a man executed on the island half a century ago.
Bobby Fuller, a former US marine who owned a sugar plantation in Cuba, was shot by firing squad in October 1960, less than 24 hours after his arrest and trial for alleged disloyalty to Castro's communist revolution.
In 2007 his brothers and sisters were awarded a $100m settlement for wrongful death against the Castro regime by a Miami court.
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