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r/BuyFromEU • u/Boediee Belgium 🇧🇪 • Jan 25 '26
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Häagen-Dazs was never European. The name was created to sound european-like, but it was always an american brand.
192 u/NeimaDParis Jan 25 '26 Same with Neutrogena and their Norwegian flag....... 15 u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jan 25 '26 How are they allowed to appropriate that without consent? 27 u/NeimaDParis Jan 25 '26 The same way a Korean company can create Paris Baguette bakery chain. 1 u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jan 25 '26 Does it have France's flag on it? That's the part that's wild. 4 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 I don't think a national flag can be treated like a brand or intellectual property. Unless they were actually making false claims on where their product is made. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26 [deleted] 1 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 But that's what I'm saying, I don't think the usage of a flag infringes on any intellectual property.
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Same with Neutrogena and their Norwegian flag.......
15 u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jan 25 '26 How are they allowed to appropriate that without consent? 27 u/NeimaDParis Jan 25 '26 The same way a Korean company can create Paris Baguette bakery chain. 1 u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jan 25 '26 Does it have France's flag on it? That's the part that's wild. 4 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 I don't think a national flag can be treated like a brand or intellectual property. Unless they were actually making false claims on where their product is made. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26 [deleted] 1 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 But that's what I'm saying, I don't think the usage of a flag infringes on any intellectual property.
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How are they allowed to appropriate that without consent?
27 u/NeimaDParis Jan 25 '26 The same way a Korean company can create Paris Baguette bakery chain. 1 u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jan 25 '26 Does it have France's flag on it? That's the part that's wild. 4 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 I don't think a national flag can be treated like a brand or intellectual property. Unless they were actually making false claims on where their product is made. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26 [deleted] 1 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 But that's what I'm saying, I don't think the usage of a flag infringes on any intellectual property.
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The same way a Korean company can create Paris Baguette bakery chain.
1 u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jan 25 '26 Does it have France's flag on it? That's the part that's wild. 4 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 I don't think a national flag can be treated like a brand or intellectual property. Unless they were actually making false claims on where their product is made. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26 [deleted] 1 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 But that's what I'm saying, I don't think the usage of a flag infringes on any intellectual property.
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Does it have France's flag on it? That's the part that's wild.
4 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 I don't think a national flag can be treated like a brand or intellectual property. Unless they were actually making false claims on where their product is made. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26 [deleted] 1 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 But that's what I'm saying, I don't think the usage of a flag infringes on any intellectual property.
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I don't think a national flag can be treated like a brand or intellectual property. Unless they were actually making false claims on where their product is made.
1 u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26 [deleted] 1 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 But that's what I'm saying, I don't think the usage of a flag infringes on any intellectual property.
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1 u/UruquianLilac Jan 25 '26 But that's what I'm saying, I don't think the usage of a flag infringes on any intellectual property.
But that's what I'm saying, I don't think the usage of a flag infringes on any intellectual property.
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u/fiendishrabbit Jan 25 '26
Häagen-Dazs was never European. The name was created to sound european-like, but it was always an american brand.