Conditions of protection for a PDO: clarification from the CJEU The CJEU (Court of Justice of the European Union) issued an important decision on the conditions for protection of a PDO (protected designation of origin) on September 9, 2021. The Spanish Supreme Court had referred 4 questions to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling on the Champagne PDO in 2016. This ruling recognizes the possibility of an infringement by evocation caused by signs used on non-comparable products. The CJEU answers in three steps. Conditions of protection of a PDO for services related to the distribution of the product The scope […]

The defense of the Champagne appellation in Russia A new Russian law forces French exporters to sell their products under the Cyrillic inscription “sparkling wine”. For more than 20 years now, France has been fighting for the defense of the Champagne appellation in countries that still refuse to recognize it: Russia, the United States, Haiti. © Sergey Novikov – stock.adobe.com Summer 2021, Russia has implemented a wine law that results in prohibiting French exporters benefiting from the appellation champagne to distribute their drink with the inscription “Champagne” translated into Cyrillic. This law of July 2, 2021 obliges them to sell […]