

At the time, several law firms encouraged their clients to do so because “Cuba is a ‘first to file jurisdiction,’ which means a Cuban trademark registration will be awarded to the first applicant, even if that applicant has not previously used the mark,” according to a client notice issued by the law firm Hunton & Williams. Hundreds of American companies, including Netflix, Disney, Apple, Microsoft, and Starbucks, rushed to register their trademarks in Cuba after the two countries re-established diplomatic relations in 2015. The latter also did not respond to a request for comment. The White House referred questions to the Trump Organization. The Herald could not immediately contact Bermúdez Benítez. The Cuban Assets Control Regulations, the Treasury Department’s rules to implement the trade embargo, include exceptions to allow the filing for trademarks and the payment of local agents to do so. embargo against Cuba in filing the application or hiring the Cuban lawyer. While President Trump might have broken his word about not seeking business in Cuba, given during a 1999 speech at the Cuban American National Foundation in Miami, he did not violate the U.S. Please see here for the State Department’s press release.According to a description of his application, appearing both in the official Cuban registry website and in a 2009 bulletin, the trademark was related to “investment in real estate,” “beauty contests,” “golf courses,” “casino game services,” “montage of television programs,” and “hotel services,” among many other activities listed. Documents exclusively obtained by the Los Angeles Times show the U.S. US air carriers have 45 days to discontinue all scheduled air service between the United States and all airports in Cuba, except José Martí International Airport. Donald Trump is about to sign executive orders keeping immigrants from Muslim countries from entering the United States.

DOT issued an order suspending service on October 25, 2019. Pompeo wrote to the Secretary of Transportation noting the Administration’s policy and requested that the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) suspend all scheduled US carrier flights between the United States and all airports in Cuba, except José Martí International Airport (HAV) in Havana. More information about our APIs and other developer tools can be found on our developer. Determined to build up a 350-strong naval fleet with which to dominate the world's oceans, he cannot be accused of being an isolationist.

Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High Priority Infrastructure Projects. Federal Register page and date: 82 FR 8351, January 24, 2017. These 12 other presidential documents can be downloaded in CSV/Excel and JSON formats. To summarise, then, whatever his faults, Donald Trump does represent America, irrespective of his direct, if occasionally unrefined, approaches to social or diplomatic niceties. Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal. The same week, Secretary of State Michael R. In 2017, Barack Obama published 12 other presidential documents (this total includes only documents submitted to the OFR by the White House Office of the Executive Clerk). BIS also updated Frequently Asked Questions regarding Cuba, and the US Commerce Department issued a related press release here. The Amendment further implements President Trump’s June 2017 National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba. posture toward the communist government in Havana as U.S. According to BIS, the Amendment was made to further restrict the Cuban government’s access to items subject to the EAR, thereby supporting the US government’s national security and foreign policy decision to hold the Cuban regime accountable for its repression of the Cuban people and its continuing support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela. Register WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - President Joe Bidens review of Trump-era Cuba policy could lead to big changes in the U.S. On October 21, 2019, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) amended the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to further restrict exports and reexports of items to Cuba (“the Amendment“).
