The ECJ has delivered its judgment in the dispute over whether non-Greek undertakings can describe their cheese as FETA. The has found that the term FETA is not generic for a type of cheese, and therefore is protectable as a protected designation of origin for a type of white cheese soaked in brine produced in a region of Greece. Contrary to the arguments of Denmark, France, Germany and the UK, the court found that, while white cheeses soaked in brine have been produced throughout the south-east Mediterranean and Balkan region, those cheeses have not been known as FETA. Also, while there has been substantial production of cheese known as FETA in other EU countries, 85% of the EU’s FETA consumption has occurred in Greece. Greek consumers were said by the court to perceive FETA as tied to a single geographical area, while in other countries, even FETA that is not Greek in origin often makes a reference to Greek associations or culture on its packaging.
Merpel wonders whether this case was a feta compli…
Comments
Post a Comment
All comments must be moderated by a member of the IPKat team before they appear on the blog. Comments will not be allowed if the contravene the IPKat policy that readers' comments should not be obscene or defamatory; they should not consist of ad hominem attacks on members of the blog team or other comment-posters and they should make a constructive contribution to the discussion of the post on which they purport to comment.
It is also the IPKat policy that comments should not be made completely anonymously, and users should use a consistent name or pseudonym (which should not itself be defamatory or obscene, or that of another real person), either in the "identity" field, or at the beginning of the comment. Current practice is to, however, allow a limited number of comments that contravene this policy, provided that the comment has a high degree of relevance and the comment chain does not become too difficult to follow.
Learn more here: http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/p/want-to-complain.html