Brussels / Geneva, 09/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The WTO is said to partially side with the European Union in the dispute between it and the United States regarding the intellectual property of the brand of rum "Havana Club" claimed by the French firm Pernod-Ricard and American Bacardi.
Last September, the EU lodged a request for a WTO dispute settlement panel, as it considered that the United States had breached intellectual property agreements, refusing to let Pernod-Ricard register the...