GREECE SAYS EIGHT EU MEMBER STATES WILL FIGHT CHINESE TRADEMARKS FOR FAKE TRADITIONAL FOODS
August 1st, 2017
THE GREEK government says that it and seven other European Union (EU) member states may launch legal action over the Chinese government’s refusal to ban China-registered trademarks of products falsely marketed as traditional EU-made foods.
A document released by Greece’s economy and development ministry has claimed that France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Spain have agreed to join forces to finance a case in the Chinese courts. It would seek to annul trademarks for ‘Greek feta’ cheese, ‘Spanish’ olive oils, and ‘Italian’ ...
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