{"id":21040,"date":"2022-02-02T08:16:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=21040"},"modified":"2022-02-02T08:16:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:16:34","slug":"uefa-drops-legal-threat-over-pizza-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/02\/02\/uefa-drops-legal-threat-over-pizza-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Uefa drops legal threat over pizza name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uefa has decided not to take legal action against a German restaurant and its ‘Champignons League’ pizza.<\/span><\/p>\n

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European football’s governing body says its prestigious Champions League competition can “happily live alongside” the inventively-named pizza. Champignons translates as ‘mushrooms’.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Earlier this week, the owners of Pizza Wolke, in Giessen, near Frankfurt, posted an image on their Instagram account showing a letter they had received from Uefa, which threatened legal action over the name of the frozen pizza.<\/span><\/p>\n

But European football’s governing body has now had a change of heart and blamed the decision to threaten action on an “over-zealous local trademark agent”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Clearly some people are making a meal of this story,” it said in a statement. “Uefa obviously takes the protection of its intellectual property seriously but this instance seems to be a case of an over-zealous local trademark agent acting too hastily.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Uefa Champions League can happily live alongside this delicious-sounding pizza.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The restaurant later posted: “Breaking news at the late hour, The Champignons League stays where it is.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Well played, we’re pleased to see that the whole thing could be worked out amicably in the end and that everyone gets to enjoy a slice, without any nasty business.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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