On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 08:18 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Le mardi 21 février 2006 à 20:44 -0700, Stephen J. Smoogen a écrit : > > On 2/21/06, Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > I like it. IS bordeaux a trademarked term? Whats our way out? > > > > > > > > Bordeaux is a city name. That's not something you can trademark. > > > > If you want to be 100% clear you can write the city council to see if > > > > they object. > > > > > > Bordeaux is also a colour. You can't trademark those... > > > > > > > A color in France.. who knows what strange French law covers it to > > make sure you do not dilute their wines. > > The French (European) law is actually perfectly sensical - if you name > your wine according to a geographical location (city, region) you have > to produce it in the actual region and follow regional traditions. > > It's not the far-reaching IP mess americans are accustomed to. Oh we have that too. Technically, bourbon cannot be called bourbon unless it is made in Bourbon County, Kentucky. So we get the perfectly sensible European laws _and_ the far-reaching IP mess. Yay for us ;) josh
