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What if you make Cola that tastes exactly like Coca Cola, with the same ingredients? Geographical origins serve the same purpose as registered trademark, the o
by himinlomax 5y ago
What if you make Cola that tastes exactly like Coca Cola, with the same ingredients?
Geographical origins serve the same purpose as registered trademark, the only significant difference is that they don't belong to a single corporation.
- TheJoeMan 5y agoWhat if Atlanta, GA, USA decrees that “Cola” has to be made in Atlanta, and that cheap stuff at Walmart has to be “RC Cola-style”?
- Zababa 5y agoAtlanta doesn't have a multiple hundred years tradition of making "Cola" that started before the industrial age, which is the case for most EU food concerned by this.
- rsynnott 5y agoBased on the European rules, they might have some success claiming exclusivity on ‘Atlanta cola’ (though Coca Cola probably wouldn’t want them to do this, as any company making it in Atlanta to a specified standard would be able to use the name). Honestly I assume this is more or less why the food industry resents protected names so much; it’s perceived exclusivity/specialness, but not based on a brand controlled by a single company.
- 8note 5y agoTheir main purveyor of cola will probably disagree, since they want to make cola everywhere
- himinlomax 5y agoFirst they're already strongly protected by trademark law, second they make their Cola pretty much everywhere (except maybe the base syrup), third there's already a bunch of Cola (ever heard of Pepsi Cola?).
- denton-scratch 5y agoIt suits the Coca Cola corporation to manufacture Coke all over the world, using mass-produced syrup combined with local soda water. A PDO would destroy the Coke company.