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Mocne - Wikipedia

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Mocne

Product type	Cigarette
Owner	Imperial Tobacco Polska, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco
Produced by	Imperial Tobacco Polska, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco
Country	Polish People's Republic
Introduced	1950s
Markets	Polish People's Republic, Poland^[1]^[2]^[3]
Previous owners	Wytwórnia Wyrobów Tytoniowych, Reemtsma

Mocne (Polish for "Strong") is a Polish brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco.^[4]^[5]

History

Mocne was launched in the 1950s in a variety of designs and by several factories of the state-owned tobacco monopoly, Wytwórnia Wyrobów Tytoniowych. In the early 1990s the brand was bought by the Reemtsma company, now a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco. Since then a variety of consumer choices were added, including Lights, Menthol and Extra Lights. In addition to the traditional soft packet, a hard packet was also introduced.

Controversy

Trademark dispute

In August 2006, it was reported that Imperial Tobacco Polska filed a request for invalidation of the right of protection for "AS MOCNY t" R-139925 registered for Tobacco Plants in Lublin Spółka Akcyjna.

The Supreme Administrative Court in its judgment of 25 May 2006 case file II GSK 64/06 held that the word "mocne" (in English: "strong") itself that is used as an indication of cigarettes, has not sufficient distinctive character as a trade mark. It may appear as part of a trade mark, but on a distinctive characteristic of a trade mark, which includes the word "mocne", will decide other words or images and the word "mocne" will remain a purely informational sign that could not become distinctive through use as a trade mark, even in a long term.

The SAC held that all manufacturers of cigarettes have the right to use purely informational sign to indicate the quality of cigarettes sold.^[6]

Products

Mocne
Mocne Jasne
Mocne Superlight
Mocne Menthol

Below are all the variants of Mocne cigarettes, with the levels of tar and nicotine included.

Pack	Tar	Nicotine
Mocne	15 mg	1,3 mg
Mocne Jasne	10 mg	1,0 mg
Mocne Superlight	???? mg	???? mg
Mocne Menthol	???? mg	???? mg

References

^ "BrandM Mocne - Cigarettes Pedia". www.cigarettespedia.com.
^ "Mocne". www.zigsam.at.
^ "Brands". www.cigarety.by.
^ "Imperial Tobacco Polska S.A. - O nas - Marki". www.imperial-tobacco.pl.
^ "Smoking in Krakow - Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products". www.krakow-info.com.
^ "Polish IP & IT law – copyright trademark computer internet telecomm » Trade mark law, case II GSK 64/06". rychlicki.net.

Imperial Brands

Brands

Cigarettes	Atika Bastos Cabinet Capstan Cohiba Colt Davidoff Ducados Embassy Ernte 23 Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes JPS Juno Kool Lambert & Butler Maverick Melbour Mevius¹ Mocne More¹ R6 Regal Reval Richmond Romeo y Julietta Roth-Händle Salem Senoussi Strand Superkings West Winston Woodbine
Cigars	Backwoods Cohiba² Dutch Masters H. Upmann² Henry Clay Montecristo² Phillies Por Larrañaga² Quintero² Romeo y Julieta² Trinidad²
Other	Blu Drum Golden Virginia Rizla Skruf Snus White Ox

Subsidiaries

Predecessors

People

¹Australia only; ²Brands of Habanos, a 50:50 joint venture between Imperial Tobacco and Cubatabaco; ³50% share; ⁴ formerly, "Commonwealth Brands"

Category
Commons

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Imperial Brands brands

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History

Controversy

Trademark dispute

Products

See also

References