Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
You could say exactly the same about MacDonald but just try opening a burger bar with that name over the door just because you might be called that. Those guys are seriously litigious and would have you in court before you could draw breath. Lots of people are called MacDonald though - I even know one or two myself. I don't think Canada is the real problem but if they start selling the stuff other places like Japan or India which are big markets for scotch anyone there seeing the word "Glen" is immediately going to associate it with scotch. They might not even be able to translate the rest of the label but they will have heard of GLEN fiddich or GLEN morangie or GLEN moray before and assume it is the same.
Certainly "glen" offers some name recognition, but Glenora Distillers is based in Glenville, next to the community of Glenora Falls in Nova Scotia, a province named New Scotland (in Latin).