The COVID-19 virus has brought new challenges to the global food and agricultural market. One challenge that is not new: efforts to restrict your right to use common food names.
– Bobby Koch, Wine Institute
Why can Europeans sell their common name cheeses in Wisconsin if we can’t sell ours in the EU?
August 5, 2020 ARLINGTON, VA – The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) and a coalition of other U.S. dairy stakeholders prevailed today in their vigorous opposition to lengthy efforts by French and Swiss gruyere associations to trademark the term “gruyere” in the United States. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Trademark Trial and […]Read More »
ARLINGTON, VA – A diverse range of farm and agricultural industries is praising a bipartisan Senate letter sent today to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue urging stronger international safeguards to protect U.S. exporters using common food and wine terms. Sens. John Thune (R-SD), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Thom Tillis […]Read More »
Washington, D.C. – The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) applauds the activation of groundbreaking protections for common food names as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) enters into force today. These protections will more effectively combat the European Union’s (EU) efforts to seize exclusive use of common food and wine terms in the critical Mexican […]Read More »
In its Phase One deal with the U.S., China made critical commitments to lay out indicators of generic status and mandate greater clarity regarding the scope of protection for multi-term geographical indications (GIs). CCFN recently submitted comments to the Chinese government to help ensure it fulfills these commitments by advising on the development of its […]Read More »
— National Chamber of Milk Producers of Costa RicaWe are very proud to belong to the Consortium and to continue this struggle in partnership with many producers and industries in the world.
The EU is aggressively working to restrict your ability to use common food names. Your support is critical to counter these actions.
“CCFN and its members need to stay vigilant so the interests of producers of products with common names will continue to have access to global markets.” Read more
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