Comments on: Stogie News: Cuba Wins Latest Battle Over Cohiba Name

By: Cohiba Siglo I « Matt’s Cigar Journal

Cohiba Siglo I « Matt’s Cigar Journal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:07:04 +0000

[...] for a while and as far as I know is still ongoing. I did see an interesting post about it on The Stogie Guys’ website that linked to an actual court opinion that had ruled in favor of Cubatobacco. General [...]

By: Guy Buscéma

Guy Buscéma — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:04:15 +0000

Hello everyone,
I could try to understand all of this IF General
Cigars WAS making a good cigar with It’s Red Dot
and use of the name COHIBA. But I said it once and I’ll say it again, They are the worst cigars on the market and the worst that can happen to a true cigar lover. It’s not even worth 5 cents let alone
the price they are selling at. For cigar lovers sake, Take it off the market and leave the name where it belongs,
ON A REAL CIGAR. The real one.
I have been smoking cigars for 38 years.
Thank you for reading me out ,but, This is ONLY my honest opinion and I stand by it.

Guy Buscéma

Calvisson, France

By: Padronnie

Padronnie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:44:50 +0000

Those commies sure seem intent on using our court system and using our property rights when it comes to trademarks. Hypocrisy anyone?

I wonder, would they would let the non-Cuban owners of Partagas challenge Cubatobacco’s ownership of the name in Cuban courts? After all, the communists stole all the brand names when they nationalized the cigar industry.

By: Benjy

Benjy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:10:38 +0000

Thanks for the documents Patrick, they are indeed a very compelling read. Personally, I think the issue will not be settled until the trade embargo is lifted as it will clear plenty of the grey issues at hand. General Cigars must concentrate on making better cigars than their competitors like the Fuentes and the Padrons instead of spending so much time, effort and money on protecting on what probably the rest of the world knows as a Cuban brand. I understand the power of good branding as well as anyone, but General must understand the reality of the situation at hand. Given the choice between a Red Dot and a Siglo vitola, how many aficionados will choose the Dominican variant?