[discuss] FT: France lashes out at internet naming body Icann

Mon Jun 23 02:26:29 UTC 2014

This is just old wine (whine?) in a new bottle...

For those who can't get enough of the "Appellation" issue, a law review 
article on the history as it relates to Champagne - 
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ElderLRev/2013/2.pdf

Joe
On 6/22/2014 3:59 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> On 23/06/2014 07:24, Barry Shein wrote:
>> Not intended as any comment on this particular issue I've long said to
>> others involved that one of these days "adults" are going to show up
>> at this party.
>>
>> It looks like it's finally happening.
>>
>> So much for the wannabe academics, policy wonks, and trust fund babies
>> running the show...
>>
>>
>> (Milton: oh stop it -- you are an actual academic.)
> I seriously doubt that any court will see a difference between
> champagne.com, champagne.fr and champagne.vin when it comes
> to protecting the designation of wines from Champagne. This is
> just more of the huffing and puffing we've seen for the last 15
> years; I don't see it as a sign of real change.
>
>      Brian
>
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