This week it was announced that Chilean David Herrera’s venture, Pisco Pedro Piscal, began to have problems, since the name caught the attention of the legal representatives of the actor from The Mandalorian, The Last of Us.
After the registration of the brand in June 2023, and the award of the same by the National Institute of Intellectual Property (INAPI), Diario Economía explains that Herrera set the goal of creating piscos in 33° and 35° modalities in alliance with Pisquera Alba, who are located in the Elqui Valley.
According to the actor’s lawyers, who managed to strip the entrepreneur of the pedropiscal.cl and pedro-piscal.cl domains after a trial before NIC Chile, Herrera, through his brand, “seeks to generate profit by taking advantage of the actor’s fame.” , generating confusion in consumers towards an erroneous commercial origin.”
“When I came up with the name, it was a funny topic because of the crossing of words, but never seeking to deceive someone or that it was a product inspired by the Chilean actor,” Herrera told the aforementioned medium.
“In fact, the product label has no reference to Pedro Pascal, or any of his films. What’s more, I have not spoken to any media about it, so that they can say that it is something in honor of him or that I am trying to take advantage of his fame,” he remarked.
The Chileans got angry
Upon finding out what was happening, Chilean users came to Pedro Pascal’s Instagram to fill the comments with recipes, song lyrics, memes and criticism against the actor.
“Make yourself a better piscola, this way the bad vibes will go down,” “Thanks to you I will try Pisco Piscal,” “Demandalorian,” “Bread with mayo: mayo and bread,” “The road wasn’t like that,” were some of the comments they left for the interpreter.
It is worth mentioning that the actor has not commented on the controversy that led him to be the victim of the famous Operation Recipes.
