Veuve Clicquot Sues Small Winemaker Over Label That Looks Nothing Like Its Own

Spot the differences. (Hint: There are lots and lots of them.) Veuve Clicquot's parent company has sued a small, family-owned winery in Campania because the orange label on their small-production sparkling wine is too similar to Pantone 137C, the distinct, trademarked color of its Yellow Label Champagne. No matter that only 3,500 bottles of Ciro Picariello's Brut Contadino sparkler are produced per year, and that none are imported to the U.S.: Luxury good conglomerate LVMH argues that someone mi...