Relevant passing off cases Champagne: J. Bollinger v Costa Brava Wine Co. Ltd. [1960] RPC 16; Taittinger SA v Allbey Ltd. [1993] FSR 641 Scotch Whisky: John Walker and Sons Ltd. v Henry Ost and Co. Ltd. [1970] RPC 489. Swiss chocolate: Chocosuisse Union des Fabricants Suisses de Chocolat v Cadbury Ltd. [1997] Times 25 November Trademarks Certification/collective marks: - Stilton (cheese) - Shetland (wool) Protected designations of origin Cheeses: - Beacon Fell traditional Lancashire cheese - Bonchester cheese - Buxton blue - Dovedale cheese - Single Gloucester - Swaledale cheese/Swaledale ewes' cheese - White Stilton cheese/Blue Stilton cheese - West Country Farmhouse Cheddar cheese Fresh meat and offal: - Orkney beef - Orkney lamb - Shetland lamb Fruit, vegetables and cereals: - Jersey Royal potatoes Other products of animal origin: - Cornish clotted cream Protected geographical indications Beer: - Newcastle brown ale - Kentish ale and Kentish strong ale - Rutland bitter Ciders: - Gloucestershire cider/perry - Herefordshire cider/perry - Worcestershire cider/perry Cheeses: - Teviotdale cheese Fresh fish, molluscs and crustaceans and products derived therefrom: - Whitstable oysters Fresh meat and offal: - Scotch beef - Scotch lamb EU legislation See responses from the EC reproduced in the present document.
[Answer 6: EC Responses
Wines
Champagne, Sherry, Porto, Chianti, Samos, Rheinhessen, Moselle luxembourgeoise, Mittelburgenland, etc...
As a first step such geographical indications are recognised at the level of a Member State. Subsequently, they are recognised at a Community level following Article 1, paragraph 3 of Regulation (EEC) No. 823/87. They are protected according to Article 15, paragraph 4 of Regulation (EEC) No. 823/87 and Article 40 of Regulation (EEC) No. 2392/89. They are registered and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. 344, p. 110.
Spirits
Cognac, Brandy de Jerez, Grappa di Barolo, Berliner Kümmel, Genièvre Flandres Artois, Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey, Tsikoudia from Crete, etc...
They are recognized by the Community pursuant to Article 5, paragraph 3 of Regulation (EEC) No. 1576/89. They are protected according to Article 5(3)(b) of the said Regulation. They are registered and published in Annex II of that same Regulation.
Other products
Scottish beef, Cabrales, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Azeite de Moura, Olive de Kalamata, Opperdoezer Ronde, Wachauer Marille, Danablu, Lübecker Marzipan, Svecia, etc ..
Registration pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No. 2081/92 - simplified procedure for names already legally protected or established by use in Member States.
Queijo do Pico, Coquille Saint-Jacques des Côtes-d’Armor, Jamón de Huelva, Lammefjordsgulerod, etc ...
Registration pursuant to Articles 5, 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No. 2081/92 - normal procedure.
Protection and criteria required in referred Articles 2 (definitions) and 4 (specification) are the same in both procedures.]