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It?s the Cheese

By Mike Madison

As is often the case for IP news from Europe, the IPKat has the best coverage of recent news that Parmesan cheese comes from Parma.  More precisely, the European Court of Justice ruled that “Parmigiano Reggiano,” a protected designation of origin (PDO), covers the translation “Parmesan” for cheese, because the latter “constitutes an evocation of that PDO,” and has not become generic. The proposition that a PDO might become generic, however, was confirmed by th read more

Full post as published by Madisonian.net on February 27, 2008 (boomark / email).