tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post112444938470947884..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES ...Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124745483803768282005-08-22T22:18:00.000+01:002005-08-22T22:18:00.000+01:00None of that sort of talk please - this is a famil...None of that sort of talk please - this is a family blog! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124719992311898202005-08-22T15:13:00.000+01:002005-08-22T15:13:00.000+01:00How about French horns?How about French horns?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124712640270779432005-08-22T13:10:00.000+01:002005-08-22T13:10:00.000+01:00I understand that what the English call "Danish pa...I understand that what the English call "Danish pastries" are in Denmark called "Vienna cakes". Does no-one want to take responsibility for them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124711737398667402005-08-22T12:55:00.000+01:002005-08-22T12:55:00.000+01:00Checked the history of Stilton - apparently it is ...Checked the history of Stilton - apparently it is the subject of a PDO anyway:<BR/><BR/>http://www.stiltoncheese.com/UK/pr/history.cfm<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, I fear that the EU registration procedure is one which leads to an artificial division of the market - the protection of Feta cheese being an example. If a particular term has lost its geographic associations, it should not be possible to retrospectively restrict the market by allowing the registration of the designation. In some histories of the hamburger, its origin is indeed linked to Hamburg and thus only an extension of logic is required to limit the term hamburger to such products origininating from Hamburg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124706828617943492005-08-22T11:33:00.000+01:002005-08-22T11:33:00.000+01:00There are two problems with the previous comment. ...There are two problems with the previous comment. Firstly, Stilton, despite its name, comes from Melton Mowbray, not Stilton. And secondly, designations of origin cannot possibly protect culinary terms, which usually only rarely have any actual geographical association with the place referred to (e.g. Russian salad; English muffin; and especially the Hamburg steak).<BR/>Darren SmythAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124696292805616982005-08-22T08:38:00.000+01:002005-08-22T08:38:00.000+01:00So, Chevrotin is now a protected name for cheese, ...So, Chevrotin is now a protected name for cheese, along with Feta. When are the British cheesemakers going to stand up and protect their rights - Cheddar should be restricted to cheeses coming from the Cheddar area and Stilton, likewise, from Stilton. Only through this course of action can our supermarket shelves be freed from the plastic imposters. While we're at it, why isn't Hamburg a protected designation of origin for ground beef patties?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124546347096223582005-08-20T14:59:00.000+01:002005-08-20T14:59:00.000+01:00Is it allowed to use the word "obvious" when talki...Is it allowed to use the word "obvious" when talking about patents? <BR/><BR/>I am getting paranoid now.Andres Guadamuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772686466126007620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124467654654221092005-08-19T17:07:00.000+01:002005-08-19T17:07:00.000+01:00Not sure if it counts as a mixed metaphor or not, ...Not sure if it counts as a mixed metaphor or not, but I've never met a "syntactical bugbear" and I'm not sure I'd like to.<BR/><BR/>Is it true that goat's meat is lean and healthy? If so, when will McDonald's give us McGoatburgers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124458214888581062005-08-19T14:30:00.000+01:002005-08-19T14:30:00.000+01:00Too many British papers and journals, including Th...Too many British papers and journals, including The Times Law Supplement, use the American term "trademark" rather than the British term "trade mark". We still have a Trade Marks Registry and we invented the registration system in 1875. <BR/><BR/>The goat recipes are good. In Camberwell an ethnic Jamaican take away supplies excellent goat curry. My son discovered it while studying IP at Queen Mary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124455232723159052005-08-19T13:40:00.000+01:002005-08-19T13:40:00.000+01:00I hope that no-one writing for your august journal...I hope that no-one writing for your august journal would do it, but I get irritated by the use of the preposition "on" with the verb "infringe", as in: "A's product infringes on B's patent". I'm not certain that it is wrong, but I don't like it anyway.<BR/>Darren SmythAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124455153814389712005-08-19T13:39:00.000+01:002005-08-19T13:39:00.000+01:00Grouse: Use of double hyphens when a single one wi...Grouse: Use of double hyphens when a single one will do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1124453043483434622005-08-19T13:04:00.000+01:002005-08-19T13:04:00.000+01:00Sir, You write "Henning Hartwig (... right)". Hav...Sir, You write "Henning Hartwig (... right)". Having read the excellent article by this scholar I think you should have write "Henning Hartwig (... right, as usual)".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com