er . ▁Pro t ract ed ▁legal ▁wr ang ling ▁followed , ▁resolved ▁when ▁the ▁U . ▁S . ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁[ ▁denied ] ▁the ▁pet ition ▁of ▁the ▁Cub an ▁to b acco ▁market ing ▁ag ency , ▁Cub at ab aco , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁General ▁C ig ar ' s ▁C oh iba ▁cig ars ▁bear ▁a ▁disc la imer ▁stating ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁not ▁affili ated ▁in ▁any ▁way ▁with ▁the ▁Cub an ▁C oh iba ▁brand . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁General ▁C ig ar ▁has ▁also ▁produced ▁the ▁Cub an ▁to b acco ▁free ▁Part agas ▁and ▁Boliv ar ▁cig ar ▁br ands ▁for ▁the ▁American ▁market ▁in ▁competition ▁with ▁Cub an ▁br ands ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁Initial ▁production ▁of ▁Part agas ▁was ▁conducted ▁in ▁J ama ica , ▁but ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁production ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁modern ▁ ▁factory ▁in ▁Santiago , ▁Domin ican ▁Republic . ▁ ▁A ▁similar ▁trade ▁dress ▁to ▁the ▁Cub an ▁product ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁by ▁General ▁C ig ar ▁for ▁its ▁compet ing ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Part ag ás ▁brand , ▁employ ing ▁a ▁red - and - g old ▁band ▁scheme , ▁save ▁with ▁the ▁word ▁" H ab ana " ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁date ▁" 1 8 4 5 " ▁on ▁the ▁pack aging . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁General ▁C ig ar ▁acquired ▁Villa zon , ▁a ▁company ▁market ing ▁non - C ub an