Pre-Embargo Cuban Cigars on Pawn Stars

[Noodles]

Originally Posted by guitar4001

Aren't the original cuban brand names (Montecristo, RyJ, H. Upmann, etc) actually owned by US companies? In other words, when the Cuban gov't took control of the cigar factories, didn't the US based owners of the brand names come to the US and start to make their cigars with Dominican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan tobacco? That would make the current cuban montecristo, partagas, and RyJ illegal in the US right? Copyright infringement and all that jazz.

Big mess with regards to who owns what brand names. Cohiba and Punch is a very good example.

Not sure which brand of cuban cigar were USA based at that time. I think majority of them were owned by Cubans and were based in Cuba.

Infringement is not the reason why Cuban cigars are illegal in the USA.

[guitar4001]

Originally Posted by bonggoy

Big mess with regards to who owns what brand names. Cohiba and Punch is a very good example.

Not sure which brand of cuban cigar were USA based at that time. I think majority of them were owned by Cubans and were based in Cuba.

Infringement is not the reason why Cuban cigars are illegal in the USA.

A little clarity - I know that copyright infringement is not the reason why cuban cigars are illegal in the US. But if the embargo were lifted tomorrow, that would cause problems one would think.