No champagne for ‘Champanillo’: the protection of PDOs and PGIs against evocation for services

Olivier Vrins

Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 2021, vol. 16, issue 11, 1171-1174

Abstract: Court of Justice of the European Union, C-783/19, Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne v GB, EU:C:2021:713, 9 September 2021In its judgment of 9 September 2021 in case C-783/19, the Court of Justice of the European Union essentially clarified whether the use for services of a sign that constitutes an evocation of a protected designation of origin (‘PDO’) and protected geographical indication (‘PGI’) and exploits this PDO’s/PGI’s reputation is prohibited under EU law, and what the factors are that need to be considered for assessing the existence of an evocation in such a situation.

Date: 2021
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