Intellectual Property Law

It's Certainly Not Contaminated By Cheese

By Marty Schwimmer

Wall Street Journal article: English Village Tries to Milk a Connection to Its Cheesy Past:

STILTON, England -- This small hamlet shares its name with a famous curd. But under European Union law, it's illegal to make Stilton cheese in Stilton.

The bar on producing Stilton cheese here is a curious consequence of EU efforts to protect revered local foods by limiting the geographical area where they can be made.

Full post as published by Trademark Blog on December 08, 2009 (boomark / email).