Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
(B&W) Subsidiary of BAT U.S., located in Louisville, KY.The abbreviation for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation is B&W. It is a subsidiary of BATUS Tobacco Service Inc. located in Louisville, KY. BATUS Tobacco Services Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BATUS Holding Inc., which operates as a holding company circa 1994. (Castano: B&W list of Affiliations 5/27/94). BATUS Holdings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of South Western Nominees Limited, which in turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C., circa 1994. (Castano B&W List of Affiliations 5/27/94). B&W is located at 1500 Brown & Williamson Tower, Louisville, KY 40202. (D.B., complaint, 4/94). The authorized agent for service of process is the Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. (D.B., complaint, 4/94). (B&W is a subsidiary or division of BATUS, Inc. (D.B., complaint, 4/94).) B&W is a 100% owned subsidiary of BATUS, Inc., circa 1985 The parent company of BATUS, Inc. is B.A.T. Industries P.L.C. (R.G. Baker LT 2/4/85 & chart & BW#680582459). B&W used Louisville, Kentucky law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs. Merrell Williams was a paralegal who worked there screening documents and took some documents before January 1994. (Courier - Journal 5/10/94). B&W is represented by attorney Jack Ballantine in an action against Merrell Williams (May 1994) (Courier-Journal 5/10/94). Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation became Brown & Williamson Industries in 1974. (L. White, merchants 1988). BAT has a 1990 patent #4,945,949 for an alternative nicotine delivery system. An aerosol device that simulates smoking articles. It was explicitly designed for dispensing nicotine. (J. Slade statement 3/25/94 table 2). B&W has a 1990 patent #4,945,931 for an alternative nicotine delivery system: an aerosol simulated smoking device, mentions delivery of flavor only. No mention of nicotine. (J. Slade statement 3/25/94 table 2). The BAT patent is for a device similar to the one patented by B&W, but the U.S. subsidiary of BAT does not use the word "nicotine" at all, while the delivery of nicotine is clearly the whole point of the British device. (J. Slade statement 3/25/94 table 2). B&W produced a cigarette called Life (1958, 1959). The Life cigarettes' slogan in 1958 was, "The secret of Life is in the filter." (L. White, Merchants 1988). B&W introduced its generic cigarettes in 1984. In 1985, B&W won the GPC approved cigarette account (W-SJ 2/17/92). In 1985, B&W started marketing an obscure discount brand called CPC Approved. As of 1994, CPC Approved was the U.S.'s third best-selling cigarette with a 5.1% share (DJ 6/23/94). CPC Approved is the only generic brand marketed by B&W. (1993) (Ad. Age 4/12/93). B&W does not have a separate company for making generic cigarettes. B&W makes GPC Approved cigarettes under a licensing agreement with Generic Products (1992) (W-SJ 2/17/92). BATUS, Inc. (BTU. B&W manufacturers, advertises, and sells Barclay, Belair, Capri, Eli Cutter, CPC Approved (from 1985 to present), Heritage, Kool (from 1932 to present), Laredo, Life (1958 - 1960), Raleigh, Richland, Richland Lights, Savannah, Triumph, and Viceroy (from 1935 to present) cigarettes in the U.S. (Allman complaint; L. White, merchants 1988).