Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
I don't see how they can think that the word "glen" is protected (just as the word "whisky" isn't either) as the only word that I am aware of that is protected here is "scotch" and they are not trying to pass it off as such.

"Glen" is descriptive of a place not a product and appears in many place names far from Scotland - one would expect to see it often especially in Nova Scotian and especially Cape Breton place names!
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.