Brewer Rips Heineken Unit La Tropical’s ‘Cristal’ Trademark Suit

A Heineken unit’s baseless trademark and copyright suit represents an attempt to stymie competition by asserting intellectual property rights that don’t belong to it, a California brewer said in Florida federal court.

Soltura LLC, which sells Cerveza Palma, panned a complaint from Cerveceria La Tropical for its “irrelevant” history and “intermittent and unsuccessful” efforts to “establish a revamped brand of the Cuban beer Cristal” in the US, according to its motion to dismiss filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Soltura initially sued La Tropical USA, LLC for trade dress infringement in June, but ...