A heady mix

The dispute that broke out 10 years ago in the UnitedStates over the rights to the mark HAVANA CLUB forrum is not your average trademark case: here legalissues mix with hot politics. But while everyone’sattention focuses on either the legal or politicalaspects of the dispute, these should not distract fromthe reality that, as in all trademark disputes, what isultimately at stake is big business