That thing might blow up a bit. Basically claiming that US customers do not value heritage and culture of food. That is seen differently here and it plays into the overall stereotype of Americans.
TL:DR
The US is acting like Russia and China with European product, but it’s the US so it’s different, and we are going to do nothing about it.
Americans don’t care what they eat, why should what it is called make any difference?
> *”A court in the United States has ruled that cheese does not have to come from the Gruyère region of Switzerland to be sold under this name.”*
Under that ruling, I guess that Champagne wine producers won’t manage to prevent California wineries from calling their product “Champagne” either, despite their best efforts…
> Unlike Emmental, with which it is often confused…
Who confuses Gruyère with Emmentaler? They’re both good cheeses but they taste completely different!
Well I hope this does not start a domino’s effect on lawsuits for other EU products.
Time for some Porto from California, Gruyère from Missouri and the famous Parmiggiano of New York…
Just ban the import of said product; if there even are any. And stop exporting your cheese to the US.
Let’s just do the same thing with trademarked us products
>“Not only is this a landmark victory for American dairy farmers and cheese producers who offer gruyere, this win sets a vital precedent in the much larger, ongoing battle over food names in the United States,” said Jaime Castaneda, executive director for CCFN. “The European Union has tried for years to monopolize common names such as gruyere, parmesan, bologna or chateau. This verdict validates that we’re on the right path in our fight on behalf of American food and wine producers to preserve their ability to use long-established generic names.”
What can you expect from the country that gave us velveeta and spray cheese? They wouldn’t recognise good food if it hit them in the face, hence why they need to copy us
Coca cola is generic too right? Let’s sell cola as coca cola!
This is one of the silliest bugbears of Europeans I have seen yet. This myopic navel gazing is why we make the tech and you make the “culture”
Fact is, in America we don’t trademark place names for food, so anyone can sell “Kentucky” bourbon or “Tennessee” whiskey. I mean we don’t even call them “Kentuckies” or “Tennessees”. That means we can ignore (or rule against, as in this case) these European trademarks and the EU can’t retaliate like for like.
So what?
But then starts to complain China steals everything and makes fake/knockoff versions of products with out having the rights/trademarks.
What I find so amusing about regional trademark cases is the implied concern that maybe customers don’t really distinguish such products. If it were true that the region something was made was *so* important, local businesses could market off that. “Made in the Gruyère region of Switzerland” should be all you need….if that really matters to customers.
US trademark is broken AF
Having tasted their 40%cellulose “parmigiano” cheese, I look forward to their Gruyère, gonna be delicious.
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That thing might blow up a bit. Basically claiming that US customers do not value heritage and culture of food. That is seen differently here and it plays into the overall stereotype of Americans.
TL:DR
The US is acting like Russia and China with European product, but it’s the US so it’s different, and we are going to do nothing about it.
Americans don’t care what they eat, why should what it is called make any difference?
[Roundup-ready](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup_Ready) GMOs taste delicious.
(ⓧ_ⓧ)
> *”A court in the United States has ruled that cheese does not have to come from the Gruyère region of Switzerland to be sold under this name.”*
Under that ruling, I guess that Champagne wine producers won’t manage to prevent California wineries from calling their product “Champagne” either, despite their best efforts…
> Unlike Emmental, with which it is often confused…
Who confuses Gruyère with Emmentaler? They’re both good cheeses but they taste completely different!
Well I hope this does not start a domino’s effect on lawsuits for other EU products.
Time for some Porto from California, Gruyère from Missouri and the famous Parmiggiano of New York…
Just ban the import of said product; if there even are any. And stop exporting your cheese to the US.
Let’s just do the same thing with trademarked us products
>“Not only is this a landmark victory for American dairy farmers and cheese producers who offer gruyere, this win sets a vital precedent in the much larger, ongoing battle over food names in the United States,” said Jaime Castaneda, executive director for CCFN. “The European Union has tried for years to monopolize common names such as gruyere, parmesan, bologna or chateau. This verdict validates that we’re on the right path in our fight on behalf of American food and wine producers to preserve their ability to use long-established generic names.”
What can you expect from the country that gave us velveeta and spray cheese? They wouldn’t recognise good food if it hit them in the face, hence why they need to copy us
Coca cola is generic too right? Let’s sell cola as coca cola!
This is one of the silliest bugbears of Europeans I have seen yet. This myopic navel gazing is why we make the tech and you make the “culture”
Fact is, in America we don’t trademark place names for food, so anyone can sell “Kentucky” bourbon or “Tennessee” whiskey. I mean we don’t even call them “Kentuckies” or “Tennessees”. That means we can ignore (or rule against, as in this case) these European trademarks and the EU can’t retaliate like for like.
So what?
But then starts to complain China steals everything and makes fake/knockoff versions of products with out having the rights/trademarks.
What I find so amusing about regional trademark cases is the implied concern that maybe customers don’t really distinguish such products. If it were true that the region something was made was *so* important, local businesses could market off that. “Made in the Gruyère region of Switzerland” should be all you need….if that really matters to customers.
US trademark is broken AF
Having tasted their 40%cellulose “parmigiano” cheese, I look forward to their Gruyère, gonna be delicious.
now it’s personal