"Does use of the word 'Glen' imply a whisky is Scotch?”, ITMA Review, November 2009 

By Hafeez Rupani -- Glenora Distillers International Ltd. filed an application to register the trade mark GLEN BRETON in association with “single malt whisky” in 2000. Since the term “Scotch whisky” is a protected geographical designation in Canada pursuant to Section 11.12 of the Trade-marks Act,1 Glenora is not permitted to call its brand of whisky “Scotch” (…)

Reprinted with permission from the November 2009 edition of the ITMA Review.