Pizza gets EU trademark status

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Scary replied

5 February 2010, 10:36
Protected status for the "Neapolitan pizza", not pizza in general. Seems fair enough.
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EternalOptimist replied

5 February 2010, 09:37
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

Same happened to Melton Mowbray Pork pies last year but something seems to make me thing some other famous brand failed in a similar bid recently but can't for the life in me remember what it was...

rings a bell that does. Was it cumberland sausages ? they failed IIRC
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HairyArsedBloke replied

5 February 2010, 09:27
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

meanwhile in Scotland
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7884263.stm

Send Little Gordon round. He'll sort them out.
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northernladuk replied

5 February 2010, 08:42
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

it can only be considered a genuine Glasgow kiss if at least 1 litre of Buckfast was consumed prior to impact

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8464359.stm

LOL this is funny!! The picture of the guy in a chav cap says it all!!! Stange that no one actually says it is mentioned in 5,638 crimes because most crimes are commited by thieving chav twats who can't afford anything else to get pissed. Simples. Why does it take time and money to work that one out.

We probably have the same in the UK but it doesn't sound as impressive being assaulted by a two litre plastic bottle of White Lightning
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northernladuk replied

5 February 2010, 08:36
Same happened to Melton Mowbray Pork pies last year but something seems to make me thing some other famous brand failed in a similar bid recently but can't for the life in me remember what it was...

Porky Linky
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conned tractor replied

5 February 2010, 08:17
Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post

WTF!

Now, in general HAB is in favour of these protected name things like champagne and the variates of cheeses. But pizza!

It's only fair.

Also happening on beer "styles", albeit in another part of the world.

Drinky Linky

One of DB’s subsidiaries, Monteith’s, specialises in producing beers that capitalise on European styles and traditions. It brews a bock, a strong German-style lager. In recent years it has added an Austrian and German style called radler as well as saison, based on a famous Belgian beer style.

Nothing wrong there, you might think: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But DB and Monteith’s have slapped trademarks on Radler and Saison. This means that a smaller Kiwi brewery can no longer call its beer “radler” while Belgian brewers of saison can’t export their brands to New Zealand.
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Spacecadet replied

5 February 2010, 00:58
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Maybe they should trademark "glasgow kiss"...

it can only be considered a genuine Glasgow kiss if at least 1 litre of Buckfast was consumed prior to impact

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8464359.stm
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AtW replied

5 February 2010, 00:52
Maybe they should trademark "glasgow kiss"...
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Spacecadet replied

5 February 2010, 00:51
meanwhile in Scotland
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7884263.stm
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HairyArsedBloke started a topic Pizza gets EU trademark status

5 February 2010, 00:26
Pizza gets EU trademark status

WTF! BBC: Naples pizza makers celebrate EU trademark status

Now, in general HAB is in favour of these protected name things like champagne and the variates of cheeses. But pizza!

In that case, we need to protect the name Balti as only being made in Bradford (or wherever its was) and it has to be served in a bucket. It's only fair.
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