Pernod Ricard has said it plans to appeal this week’s Havana Club legal ruling against the firm in the US.

Earlier today (7 April), the US arm of Bacardi confirmed that a district court in Wilmington, Delaware, has ruled in its favour over the Havana Club trademark. The origin of Bacardi’s Havana Club rum is “geographically accurate” as the bottle states that the rum is made in Puerto Rico and that it is based on the original Cuban recipe as created by the Arechabala family, the court ruled.

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In a 22-page ruling, US District Judge Sue Robinson ruled that Pernod’s US unit showed “no evidence that its Havana Club rum product differs from the original pre-revolutionary Cuban rum in any significant respect”, the judge added.

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