Collection of royalties from Diageo on licenses issued by my great grandfather Vladimir Smirnoff in 1925 - about $600.000.000.

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In 1933 my great-grandfather, Vladimir Smirnoff - the son of Pyotr Smirnov (Pierre Smirnoff, who was the founder of the world famous vodka production) and a representative of the American company Heublein (now Diageo North America) signed agreement for the untimely transfer of the rights to manufacture alcoholic beverages under the name Societe Pierre Smirnoff Fils in the territories of the United States, Canada and Mexico and their territories and protectorates. Recently, we found licenses issued by my great-grandfather for the other territories of the world issued for the term of ten years, each time extended automatically for another 10 years if one of the parties not notify of its unwillingness to prolong it. All bought out by Diageo. Our family was never notified about cancellation.

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    Answered July 10, 2012 16:00. So, what's your question?

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