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Wine, Beer & Spirits - Representative Experience
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- Venue
- Client Type
- Lawyers
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- Wine Beer and Spirits, litigation
- Superior Court of California
- Spirits Manufacturer
- Robert A. Rivas
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Client, famous spirits brand manufacturer, sued US importer for rescission of US importation and distribution network allowing Tequila Cazadores to be sold to Bacardi and restructuring of US importation and distribution.
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Confidential Settlement allowing Tequila Cazadores to be sold to Bacardi.
- Trade Dress, Spirits
- United States District Court, Central District
- Spirits Brand Manufacturer
- Robert A. Rivas
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Celebrity-owned vodka brand, Crystal Head Vodka, sued client Kah Tequila brand manufacturer alleging trade dress infringement over design and shape of a spirits bottle claiming the calavera shaped tequila bottle infringed trade dress of crystal skull vodka bottle.
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Successful on motion to dismiss second amended complaint allowing brand to launch and go on to sell hundreds of thousands of cases.
- wine beer and spirits transactional manufacturing
- Spirits Brand Owner and Manufacturer
- Robert A. Rivas
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Developed the structure of a spirits brand and negotiated and drafted international production, manufacturing, importation and distribution as well as master distiller agreements. Negotiated and drafted trademark sales proceeds agreement.