General Cigar Co., Inc. v. Empresa Cubana del Tabaco, dba Cubatabaco
Petition for certiorari denied on February 23, 2015.
Issue
(1) Whether the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, which generally prohibit the transfer of any property to a Cuban entity by a person subject to U.S. jurisdiction, 31 C.F.R. " 515.201(b), bar a Cuban corporation from obtaining administrative cancellation of a trademark registration that has been held by a U.S. company for more than thirty years; and (2) whether the Federal Circuit's categorical rule that a prior judgment in a trademark infringement action that affirms the validity of a trademark registration cannot, as a matter of law, bar the challenger from petitioning an administrative agency for cancellation of the same registration is contrary to established claim preclusion standards.
Recommended Citation: General Cigar Co., Inc. v. Empresa Cubana del Tabaco, dba Cubatabaco, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/general-cigar-co-inc-v-empresa-cubana-del-tabaco-dba-cubatabaco/