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Monday, 29 March 2021

Paraguay – Expide el primer certificado de registro de una Denominación de Origen

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb) March 29, 2021 No comments:

Recientemente la Dirección Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (DINAPI) , expidió el primer certificado de registro para una denominación de origen al Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne.

El Champagne es la primera solicitud que concluye todo el proceso de reconocimiento preliminar y registro establecido en la Ley 4923/2013 reglamentada en el año 2019 a través del Decreto del P.E. N° 1286

Paraguay cuenta con una legislación específica en la materia desde el año 2013, para presentación de solicitudes de reconocimiento preliminar y posterior registro de indicaciones geográficas y denominaciones de origen y, desde su reglamentación en el mes de febrero del año 2019, la DINAPI ha impulsado campañas de promoción y difusión de esta herramienta de PI.

Actualmente, el Comité de Champagne reúne a alrededor de 16000 vignerons (viticultores) y 320 maisons (casas) de la región de Champagne – Francia.

Paraguay se suma así a la lista de 122 países, incluyendo la mayoría de los países de América Latina, China, India, etc., que ya protegen el nombre Champagne, una de las denominaciones más notorias y antiguas del mundo.

Mas información aquí y aquí.

A legal battle over a ‘Champagne Biscuit’

Patricia Covarrubia October 04, 2017 No comments:

Carozzi, a Chilean multinational company specialised in the food industry, won a legal dispute against the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (Inter-Professional Committee for Champagne Wine - CIVC) for the use of the word Champagne to identify one of its products.

The controversy began two years ago when Carozzi requested the registration of the mark ‘Costa Galleta Champaña’ (Coast Champagne Biscuit) before the National Institute of Industrial Property (Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial – INAPI). At that time, the Committee for Champagne Wine opposed the registration of the mark, claiming the non-authorised use of a French appellation of origin recognised by Chile and world famous sparkling wine.

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The INAPI initially rejected the registration of the mark. However, Carozzi appealed the decision, and the Chilean Industrial Property Tribunal later granted its registration. Dissatisfied with the decision, the Committee for Champagne Wine filed an appeal (in cassation) with the Supreme Court. The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Chile analysed whether the registration of the mark ‘Costa Galleta Champaña’ would affect the intellectual property rights of the French wine sector due to possible confusion among consumers generated by the use of the word ‘Champagne’, as alleged by the CIVC.

In that regard, the Court concluded that the mark and the appellation of origin could coexist peacefully on the market because there is no risk of misunderstanding, deception or confusion on the part of consumers. As expected, the Committee for Champagne Wine filled a revocation before the Constitutional Court, which upheld the decision.

In this way, all legal instances were used and, despite the utilisation of a protected appellation of origin, Carozzi can freely use the word Champagne as the name of one of its most popular products in Chile.

Sources here, here and here.

Post written by Florelia Vallejo Trujillo
Assistant Professor, Universidad del Tolima, Colombia
PhD Candidate University of Nottingham, UK

Protección judicial a la Denominación de Origen “Champagne” en Colombia

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb) August 20, 2015 No comments:

En el que es el primer caso judicial en la historia de Colombia relacionado con la infracción de una Denominación de Origen protegida (DOP), la Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC) ha concluido, preliminarmente, que el utilizar expresiones como “Champaña” y “sabor artificial de Champaña”, en productos que no provengan de la provincia francesa de Champagne (Terroir Champagne), es un acto que infringe los derechos de propiedad industrial derivados de la DOP “Champagne”.

El caso en cuestión deriva de una solicitud de medidas cautelares instaurada por el Comité Interprofessionnel Du Vin de Champagne en contra de la empresa colombiana Vinos de la Corte por el uso no autorizado de la DOP “Champagne”.

Los vinos espumosos identificados por la demandante con la denominación ‘Champaña’ provienen del municipio colombiano de Santander de Quilichao (Cauca) y no de Francia.

De momento la SIC ha ordenado a la demandada, como medida cautelar, abstenerse inmediatamente de utilizar expresiones como “Champagne”, “Champaña”, o “sabor artificial Champaña”, así como a retirar inmediatamente cualquier aviso, publicidad o comunicación pública de dichas expresiones en sus productos.

Hecho que, viendo la página web de la demandada, aún no se ha cumplido.

Estaremos siguiendo de cerca este asunto pues el mismo resulta muy interesante y relevante para ver cómo se protegen, y respetan, las indicaciones geográficas y denominaciones de origen protegidas de terceros países.

Más información directamente en el comunicado publicado por la Superintendencia aquí.

CHAMPAGNE for bleach? Not in Chile!

Jeremy May 20, 2014 No comments:

Chile's Industrial Property Court has reversed a first instance decision issued by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) relating to the registration of the word CHAMPAGNE as a trade mark for goods in Class 3. INAPI initially rejected the application for only some of the goods covered; the court however rejected the application in its entirety. Rodrigo Cooper applied as long ago as 2008 to register the word CHAMPAGNE for various goods in Class 3. The Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne opposed, claiming that the application violated Articles 19, 20(e), (f) and (j) of the Industrial Property Law (Law 19.039), Article 10 of the Paris Convention and Articles 22 et seq. of TRIPS. Said the Comité, “Champagne” was a famous appellation of origin and its use for other products would create confusion in the market. No, said Cooper: “Champagne” was unrelated to products in Class 3, so there would pose no risk of confusion of consumers.

In April 2012 INAPI rejected the opposition based on Articles 20(e) and (j) of the Industrial Property Law, since protection the appellation of origin CHAMPAGNE only applied to products in Class 33. The opposition was upheld for “soaps, essential oils, cosmetics and hair lotions” based on Article 20(f), where there was a risk of confusion, but rejected for “bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry preparations for cleaning,” among other products.

The Comité appealed to the Industrial Property Court which, in September 2013, allowed the appeal and refused the trade mark for all products in Class 3. Since the term “Champagne” corresponded to a famous appellation of origin, it could not be used or registered in Chile by anyone who was not a producer of that type of wine in France. Moreover, acceptance of the mark would induce consumers to believe that products bearing that mark were originally from the French region of Champagne.

Source: INTA Bulletin , May 1, 2014 Vol. 69 No. 9

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