On Wed, 21 May 2003, Sean Barrett wrote:
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Alex R. wrote:
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| wasn't Larousse the man the founder of Larousse the company? This is
| the whole point of a trademark, you can't call Spanish sparkling wine
| champagne as champagne is a trademark identified with the production
| of sparking wine in a particular French region.
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| Alex756
On the other hand, sparkling wine from California ''is'' called
champagne. Trademarks, especially in the international arena, are seldom
absolute.
It's a bad example anyway, because 'Champagne' is not a trademark. A
trademark
is owned by a single company (although it might allow others to use it).
"Champagne" is a _product name_ (and the European Union has specified that
only when it is created in a certain region, the product name may be used).
Andre Engels