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What happened to the Champagne color on the iPhone?

Yeah Apple NEVER called their gold "Champagne gold"; it's always just been "Gold".

People around here used the word champagne to describe the 5s gold, but nowhere did Apple say it.
 
dilap said:
I was saying that it was mentioned that you can't put champagne on a product unless your product was from a region in France. That would be trademarking the name/color. What did you even need to write Did you even have to respond?
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Well that isn't correct. There are many products on the market that use the color name Champagne. That only applies to Sparkling wine. It can't be called Champagne even though it's created from the same traditional method. If it's not created from the Champagne region of France it can't be called Champagne.

Please do not try to be so sensitive. I was actually trying to to be nice, but blunt. You were making bold statement as fact in you OP and you were incorrect. I'll end it at that. Sheesh, people on this forum say much harsher things to people and others don't get so annoyed by it.
 
HenryDJP said:
Well that isn't correct. There are many products on the market that use the color name Champagne. That only applies to Sparkling wine. It can't be called Champagne even though it's created from the same traditional method. If it's not created from the Champagne region of France it can't be called Champagne.

Please do not try to be so sensitive. I was actually trying to to be nice, but blunt. You were making bold statement as fact in you OP and you were incorrect. I'll end it at that. Sheesh, people on this forum say much harsher things to people and others don't get so annoyed by it.
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OK dude I'm sorry. I misread the text. Its hard to interpret the tone over a forum. I'm only thirteen

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dmccloud said:
Actually, "champagne" is a global trademark, and using it for an electronic device would be a violation of its global trademark. It's no different from "Coca Cola", "Pepsi" or "McDonalds" in that regard.

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You can trademark a word used to describe a specific type of sparkling wine made in a specific region of France though. You seem to think that the color came before the beverage, when the color was actually named AFTER the beverage.
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I was saying that surely a company could describe a phone as champagne colored
 
dmccloud said:
"Champagne Silver" - enough differentiation between that term (where champagne is an adjective) and "champagne" not to run afoul of the trademark.
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http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6644-champagne/
Or are you saying that the specific code attached to the name is enough to be a differentiator?

IPhone X

:rolleyes:
 
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