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Re:Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage by illiarian on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:43AM (#35357167)
> Cognac is literally the name of a region. As is Champagne.

See Generic Term/Trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark

I've yet to see a single person who thinks of the region when refering to a fizzy alcoholic name as "champagne".

> If the Moldovan spirits industry has a superior product, why can’t they call it a relevant name that protects the integrity of their creation?

You constructed your argument in a way that makes it sound that the moment something is called by a place name it becomes the superior product.

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