sweet smell of success: Residents of New Jersey to victory against the Chanel perfume company tried to trademark the name of the island

  Luxury fashion house Chanel has a legal battle to trademark after officials fought against them in the Channel Islands, the word "Jersey" for her new fragrance.

The iconic French brand sought rights to the name because of its famous founder Coco Chanel made clothes jersey.

But island officials are concerned that under the name of the region to believe with a capital "J" lead buyer that the perfume was produced locally.

Means the decision of the Office of Intellectual Property in the UK is the term for New Jersey farmers and small businesses protected.

Officials of the Ministry of Economic Development were happy to call their Chanel perfume of lavender "Jersey", but wanted to keep the title for the residents.

Senator Alan Maclean said: "It was important that we put it into question This was the name property Jersey..

"It's not going to stop with the name Chanel. It's fantastic to have a perfume called Jersey.

Geographic trademarking has been a thorn in many large companies.

High-end fashion house Yves Saint Laurent was forced to destroy £ 10 million advertising her perfume "Champagne" in 1993.

A court ruled that the name infringes made on the protected status of the famous wine in the Champagne region of France.

According to the Office for Intellectual Property, there are 13 applications in the UK that require the geographical protected status.

Manufacturer Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese, wild Scottish salmon, Lincolnshire sausages and Bramley apple pie filling traditional asked a geographical protection.

The Cornish pasty was given protected status in 2011, which means that only Cornish pasties made in Cornwall and can be legally called according to the traditional recipe, "Cornish pasties".

Last month, a rare breed of sheep reared in Cumbria Lake District has won protected status.

There are now three slaughterhouses in Cumbria. When animals are born, raised and slaughtered one of them, they can be classified as Lakeland Herdwick.

Coco Chanel started including tricot knitted wool native of Jersey, in his designs in the 1920s.

It has transformed what was once an ordinary substance as an ideal tool for sweaters accidents in a famous thing for his elegance.