An historic day yesterday as the US and Cuba signed a memo of understanding to allow scheduled air traffic to resume between the two countries after more than 50 years. Until now only charter planes could do so. Now we may see more than 100...
At our law firm's panel in Miami on "Cuba in Plain English" the other day, I learned something quite fascinating from one of my very able intellectual property partners. Here it is: anyone can register any trademark in Cuba, even if they haven't used it in...
As relations and trade slowly begin to thaw with Cuba, what is the state of intellectual property protection there? According to a report today in the Washington Post, I suppose "could be worse" is a good summary. There seems to be a willingness by the Castro...
I attended a two-day Wharton School-sponsored conference on upcoming business opportunities on Cuba, the second such conference put together by my alma mater. Very high level fascinating speakers and very candid and blunt interactive discussions. Congrats to my friend Faquiry Diaz as one of the...
I'm attending a fascinating conference today sponsored by my alma mater, the Wharton School, and chaired by a good friend, on business opportunities in Cuba. This follows President Obama's December 2014 announcement to begin normalizing relations with Cuba, improve travel and commerce opportunities and remove...