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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8022

8 August 2001
(eu) eu/united states/havana club

07/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - "Trademark owners must be able to enforce their intellectual property rights in court. We are extremely pleased that the EU has prevailed on this key point. Section 211 is a black mark on America's record of leadership within the world trading community. The US Congress should act immediately to repeal this onerous provision". This is how Mark Orr, of the group Pernod Ricard, commented on the conclusions of the WTO panel on the affair of the "Havana Club" rum...