Cigar Company Owner Files $8B Trademark Complaint Over ‘MARLBORO MAN’ Cigars

( July 30, 2026, 9:53 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — The owner of a cigar company filed a complaint in Maryland federal court against Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM) in which he seeks $8 billion in compensatory damages and declaratory relief protecting his intellectual property rights to file a “good faith” application to trademark and commercialize his MARLBORO MAN trademark, purportedly in tribute to his father....