Good luck to the family ,but I'm wounering what does (Negotiations Never Completed ) , it not as if someone was in the store one day and happen to see a $150.00 bottle Duke/E Cognac on the self and contacted the family. It's hard to belive that a company would invest millions into putting a new product on the market and not have some idea of the trademark rights. Something is not on the up & up here.
To the Ellington family , don't kill the golden goose (It's better to have 25% of the profits for a lifetime than all the profits for one year. After all Harbrew has done all the work all you have to do is go to the mailbox and get the check. And with the economy in the state that it is in WHO is buying $150.00 Cognac??? Bad timeing , very bad timeing.

To:HARBREW IMPORTS If there is any chance you might lose the court case JUST Drop It. Pull it from the market pay the Ellingtons off and store it for two/ three yrs then sell as a colletable for $200.00 ea. Or you can flood the market with all you have in stock at cost ,keep all blend rights & packageing and rename the cognac MICHELLE/the first with a sister blend named CONDOLEZZA / xo or CONDOLEZZA/ Executive. Both would be a smooth , rich, brown blend with great teatse. After all who all who is going to pay $150.00 for something call Beyonce , Jay-z or Little-Kim. Please. You will need a name of someone of class and respect.
Or just give someone in the Ellington family with the Ellington name a position with Harbrew as VP of U.S. Sales or something, with a car, office good salary based on sales. Sales good , salary good sales go down salary goes down.

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