Michael Pronay wrote:

> "dick" > wrote:
>
>
>>The biggest issue with the word Champagne is that if France
>>really wants to protect that name---it needs to be registered
>>and defended everywhere so that the name does not become
>>classified as generic. Since the name is not descriptive it
>>likely would be easily defended. Examples are Kleenex Brand
>>Tissues...some refer to a tissue as Kleenex and that company
>>defends their name so that it does not become generic.
>
>
> There seems to be a minor difference between "some referring to a
> tissue as a kleenex" and others labelling their tissues "kleenex",
> don't you think so?

Perhaps. It's possible that "sandwich" might be more
applicable:

http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/history/sandwiches.htm

Dana