SCOTCH WHISKY ASSOCIATION CONSIDERS FRESH CANADIAN ‘GLEN BRETON’ APPEAL
February 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SCOTCH Whisky Association (SWA) is mulling a fresh appeal against the trademarking of Canadian single malt whisky Glen Breton, after Canada's Federal Court of Appeal ruled that Nova Scotia-based distillery Glenora could use this brand name. The SWA argues the word 'Glen' can mislead consumers into thinking the whisky is from Scotland, rather than Cape Breton, eastern Canada, a region heavily populated by Scots from the Nineteenth Century's Highland Clearances. SWA spokesman David Williamson said his organisation had discovered more than 30 ...
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