Please Tell Me White Owl Cohibas Aren't Next

On August 3rd, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office stripped the Cuban government and its French liaison of rights to the "Havana Club" rum brand name in the US. Bacardi will be imminently relaunching rum under the name.

This was the denouement of a ten-year battle, so perhaps it's coincidental timing to Castro wheezing up a lung or whatever is wrong with him at the moment. But, it's worth noting that Fidel's possibly impending demise could change the economy of the island, perhaps even ending the embargo, and that a few U.S. products might suffer from the competition.