Chelsea and England star Cole Palmer has been locked in a legal battle with a French vineyard, Chateau Palmer, over trademarking his name. Palmer reportedly wanted to trademark his famous "ice cold" goal celebration with the name "Cold Palmer", but the England international's application is now facing a legal challenge from a winery based out of Bordeaux in France.
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By trademarking his name, Palmer hoped to use the moniker for a wide range of products from toiletries to clothes, while his application also asked for legal protection to market wine. Palmer's documents, according to , read: "Alcoholic beverages; alcoholic fruit beverages; pre-mixed alcoholic beverages; wines; spirits; liqueurs; alcoholic energy drinks; low alcoholic beverages; none of the aforesaid including wines complying with the specifications of the PDO Champagne."
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Palmer's legal submission alerted the French vineyard, which has now challenged the application. Lawyers at the government’s Intellectual Property Office will now take up the issue and give a judgment on the clash after hearing representatives of both sides.
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Chateau Palmer was named after a British army officer Charles Palmer, who acquired the estate in 1814, then named Chateau de Gascq.
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For now, Palmer remains focused on his game and will aim to pick up his first Premier League goal since January this week as Chelsea take on West Ham on Friday.