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Some of our laws and it's interpretations are just weird and absurd. They must be revaluated in current age.

• colechristensen 6y ago
  Origin naming laws are fine as they are, this is just a ridiculous demand that has nothing to do with the law.
• vesinisa 6y ago
  I believe the law in this case is good. It's just how they are interpreting it. If some hobbyist makes a video "how to make Grana Padano style cheese", they send a cease and desist. Had they made a video "how Grana Padano cheese is made" and mentioned in the video that they are showing their version of the process but had specifically and clearly mentioned the resulting cheese is not and can not be actually called Grana Padano, they'd been okay I think. They are probably okay now as well if the matter progressed to court and they had a good IP lawyer, but then again I am not one.
  • pteraspidomorph 6y ago
    They do specifically mention that in the original video, though...
    • vesinisa 6y ago
      Semantics might be important here. Saying you are manufacturing "Grana Padano style" cheese might be the problem since it could be seen as diluting the original designation (essentially, a special trademark). There is either Grana Padano or non-Grana Padano cheese, nothing in between. Describing the process of making Grana Padano should be no problem at all, as long as you don't claim the resulting product is Grana Padano or anything like it. It wasn't manufactured by an authorized person in the authorized region so it can't be Grana Padano. I know it is a bit silly.. And I agree he was indeed probably enough careful in the original video. This could certainly be winnable for the tuber in court with services of a good IP lawyer.