States seek cash from Royal brand
Tuesday 24th August 2010, 2:56PM BST.
The famous Jersey Royal.
BUSINESSES or entrepreneurs wanting to use the Jersey Royal brand will have to pay the States under a proposed law change – at the same time that Jersey
celebrates its highest export year since 2002.
Though the name of the famous potato is already protected under a Protected Designation of Origin order, this is the first time that an official method of charging has been suggested.
States Members will be asked to approve the user pays charges, which were lodged by the Economic Development Minister last week.
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So now you have to pay to call a potato a potato!
Why do the States feel they own the name ‘Jersey Royal’?
There would be nothing to stop me marketing the ‘Not the Jersey Royal’ potato. or for that matter the ‘Jersey Republic’ potato.
Idiots!
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Dear Boris, if you took the trouble to read the proposition you numpty you will have discovered that any proposed charges only relate to non-potato products. Heavens save us from ill-informed comment!
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Dear Hilary
I think you had better read it again!
It says that ‘the famous potato is already protected under a Protected Designation of Origin order, this is the first time that an official method of charging has been suggested’
therefore the States protected the name and now they want to charge those who use the Brand.
Could it be that this is an attempt to tax Bartlets in the UK on their Jersey Royal profits so as to ensure an equal footing in line with the Jersey Royal Company (Mr Binet)?
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Dear Hilary,
No need to be so unpleasant, the news article above is very brief and unclear, however i’ll give a web link to the actual proposition so people can be satisfied that the proposed charge is,as you say, only for non-potato products :
http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/documents/propositions/24531-29224-2082010.pdf
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hilary, you might have saved your ire for the jep as they printed the article but sorry to have upset you so.
whilst on the subject you might find that a pdo is in itself a trade mark so soj could actually do what the article implies and i took it to mean.
anyway i was trying to be funny with the ‘jersey republic’ bit. obvioudly fell on stoney ground.
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‘…any proposed charges only relate to non-potato products.’
So, if the Royal Jersey Golf Club decide to branch out into potatoes there will be no problem.
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Considering the states of jersey deny the Queen as their soveriegn and classify her Maj as a Duke in Jersey, there is no ‘Royal’ brand to sell as one does not exist. jersey is a self ruling island which has defended its rights as an independant island both from the french and british.
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