Cease and desist for video on how to make “Grana Padano Style Cheese” [video]
I had no idea that Grana Padano was a PDO.I can't help but feel that going around cease and desisting people that are passionately pursuing hobbies is a really bad idea.It reminds me of when the word Champagne was taken to court. The court ruled that the word could only be used by wine makers in the given region. What this resulted in was not I believe good for the Champagne region, despite the intent.The mind share for that word went down. Instead we found ourselves hearing people asking for Prosecco or bubbly. Champagne might now be able to assert that only the'quality' product from their region has the name, but I suspect it's just caused the companies that produce wine to make sure that they own the trademark, and push their brand, not the term champagne. Regardless of whether it's from that region.On the flip side there are several products in Europe (and potentially elsewhere) that use the term Aussie or Australian, and they're not actually Australian businesses[1]. Both were originally American businesses.So I get the need for some level of origin protection. Both of the Australian products imply something that isn't accurate, either manufacturing or ingredients.[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussie_(shampoo)
[2]: australiangold.com