ECJ STILTON TRADEMARK CASE ITALY
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A LONG-RUNNING legal case over the trademark rights to the word 'Stilton' could return to the courts, after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected a potential settlement. Its Court of First Instance has ruled a letter from Italian Elisabetta Dami that she was minded not to use the proposed trademark 'Geronimo Stilton' to market cheese - in the teeth of opposition from Britain's Stilton Cheese Makers Association - was not binding. Its decision clears the way for further legal action over the issue at the court and the European Union's ...
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