{"id":169759,"date":"2025-06-30T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/?p=169759"},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:01:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T13:01:46","slug":"the-italian-trademark-nero-champagne-rejected-by-the-court-of-justice-of-the-european-union-cjeu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/the-italian-trademark-nero-champagne-rejected-by-the-court-of-justice-of-the-european-union-cjeu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Italian trademark \u201cNero Champagne\u201d rejected by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) "},"content":{"rendered":"

The EUG ruled in favor of the Champagne Wine Interprofessional Committee (CIVC) and the National Institute for Origin and Quality (INAO) by rejecting the registration of the Nero Champagne trademark by an Italian company, even for wines that comply with the specifications of the protected designation of origin (PDO) \u201cChampagne.\u201d At issue was the risk of confusion surrounding the color of the precious sparkling wine or its grape variety.<\/h4>\n

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In a ruling on June 25, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), based in Luxembourg, has refused to register the Italian trademark \u201cNero Champagne\u201d as a European Union trademark for wines with the protected designation of origin \u201cChampagne.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Risk of confusion<\/h2>\n

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In its reasoning, the Court argued that \u201cthe term \u2018nero\u2019 could be perceived by consumers as referring either to the grape variety used to make champagne or to its color, so that the mark applied for could convey false or misleading<\/b> information.\u201d Indeed, it added, “this term is used in the names of several well-known Italian grape varieties [(Nero d’Avola, Nero di Troia, etc.)] and many varieties of vines include it in their names. Furthermore, the term \u2018nero\u2019 will be understood by Italian-speaking consumers as meaning \u2018black\u2019. The public could therefore think that it is a \u201cblack champagne\u201d even though, according to the PDO (protected designation of origin) specifications, champagne can only be white or ros\u00e9<\/b>.”<\/p>\n

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