That name game...

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le mardi 21 février 2006 à 20:44 -0700, Stephen J. Smoogen a écrit :
> On 2/21/06, Rik van Riel <riel at redhat.com> 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.

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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