The French producers have just won the champagne battle by condemning the major cosmetics group Unilever, which had marketed on the Dutch market a shampoo bearing the name Champagne.
11 October 2010
The Unilever group has just been ordered to withdraw its"Andrélon Champagne" shampoos from sale by a court in The Hague.
The judgment states that'The name Champagne is a protected designation of origin whose rights Unilever has infringed'.
Unilever is prohibited from continuing to sell and promote the shampoo'Andrélon Champagne', under penalty of a fine of 5.000 euros per day to the CIVC (Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne).
