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Cuba Makes First WTO Dispute Targeting Australia Tobacco Rules

Cuba’s request for talks with Australia on the matter came May 3, according to an e-mail from the Geneva-based WTO today. If the two sides can’t resolve their differences in 60 days, Cuba may seek the establishment of a WTO dispute panel to rule on its c
Business Week/Bloomberg
added May 7, 2013 08:11
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RPT-UPDATE 1-Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO

By taking the first step in a dispute, Cuba has triggered a 60-day window for Australia to try to resolve the problem in talks with Cuba. After that Cuba could ask the WTO to appoint a panel of adjudicators to judge its complaint.
Reuters
added May 7, 2013 07:52
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Cuba seeks to legally challenge Australian plain packaging on tobacco products

First step in a trade dispute which could last for years First-ever challenge from Cuba since its joined WTO in 1995 Complaint says plain packs breach intellectual property rights
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
added May 7, 2013 07:51
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AYMERIC: Legal challenges of any tobacco plain packaging laws bound to fail in New Zealand

Intellectual property1 lawyers like myself are moved to ponder questions such as: does plain packaging amount to a breach of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act? Is it a compulsory acquisition of property rights ... One thing is clear: the plain packagi
Mondaq
added May 6, 2013 14:09
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[Nevada] Electronic Cigarette Industry Update to Include Presentation from Former Ruyan Employee

The Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA), an electronic cigarette industry trade organization, has announced that industry insider William Bartowski will present at the industry update planned for April 23 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. Bar
SBWire
added Apr 12, 2013 04:50
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Philip Morris Tobacco Serves Cease & Desist Papers to Stones Throw For Jonwayne Packaging

received an official cease and desist letter from the attorneys of one of the most powerful companies in the county. Stones Throw, which is known for their creativity in designing cover art, produced a cassette package that looked like a Marlboro Cigarett
Rap Basement
added Apr 9, 2013 10:17
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[UK] Tobacco in plain packets rule may cost the taxpayer £5bn

The money would be awarded by courts to tobacco companies in recognition of the fact that the Government had destroyed their ‘brand equity’, according to the independent Centre for Economics and Business Research think-tank. Legal challenges under the
This is Money (uk)
added Apr 9, 2013 09:56
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[UK] Tobacco in plain packets rule may cost the taxpayer £5bn

Taxpayers could face a £5billion bill ... according to the independent Centre for Economics and Business Research think-tank. Legal challenges under the Human Rights Act or European Union law could claim that requiring plain packets meant the indust
This is Money (uk)
added Mar 31, 2013 22:48
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[South America/Caribbean, USA] Panel: General Cigar can continue using Cohiba trademark in the US, despite Cuban challenge

A federal panel says General Cigar Co. Inc. can continue using the Cohiba (co-HEE-ba) trademark on its cigars in the U.S. The ruling is the latest in the nearly 16-year-old legal battle with Cuba's state-run cigar company over the signature Cuban cigar
AP - Associated Press
added Mar 29, 2013 17:18
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Leave To Appeal To Supreme Court Of Canada Denied To Philip Morris In Trademark Dispute

The decision held that Philip Morris' otherwise non-branded cigarettes that used the "ROOFTOP" design on its packaging, infringed Marlboro Canada's trademark rights in the "MARLBORO" trademark by causing confusion for consumers. (For further information o
Mondaq
added Mar 22, 2013 09:42
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