Editing Gruyère cheese (section)

=== United States ===
In 2021, a [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia|U.S. District Court]] ruled that the term "gruyere" had become a [[generic term]]<ref>{{cite court |litigants=Interprofession du Gruyère v. U.S. Dairy Export Council |vol=575 |reporter=F. Supp. 2d|opinion=627 |pinpoint= |court=E.D. Va. |date=December 15, 2021|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13987164477778851344
 |access-date=March 4, 2023 |quote= |postscript= }}</ref> for a certain type of cheese, and Swiss and French Gruyère producers' associations could not register it as a [[trademark]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gross|first=Jenny|date=2022-01-12|title=Is Gruyère Still Gruyère if It Doesn't Come From Gruyères?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/business/gruyere-cheese-us-court-ruling.html|access-date=2022-01-16|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Welch|first=John L.|title=E.D. Va. District Court Upholds TTAB Decision Finding|url=https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/trademark/1149186/ed-va-district-court-upholds-ttab-decision-finding-gruyere-generic-for-cheese|access-date=2022-01-16|website=[[Mondaq]]}}</ref> The [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]] affirmed that decision in March 2023.<ref>{{cite court |litigants=Interprofession du Gruyère v. U.S. Dairy Export Council |vol=---|reporter=F. 4th|opinion=--- |pinpoint= |court=4th Cir. |date=March 3, 2023|url=https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/221041.p.pdf
 |access-date=March 4, 2023 |quote= |postscript= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03/06/gruyere-cheese-court-ruling-american-french-swiss/|title= Can American-made cheese be called Gruyère? Yes, a U.S. court rules|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2023-03-06}}</ref>

Swiss Gruyère still has a protected [[certification mark]] in the US as "Le Gruyère Switzerland AOC", secured in 2013.<ref name=Ungphakorn/>

The FDA standards of identity for a "§ 133.149 Gruyere cheese" requires "small holes or eyes".<ref name=Ungphakorn/>