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Scotland to Britain: Protect Scotch whisky after Brexit
Associated Press ^ | Jul 30, 2017 8:11 AM EDT

Posted on 07/30/2017 7:20:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Scotland has called for Scotch to be defined in U.K. law so its vital whisky industry can be protected after Brexit.

Scottish Economy Secretary Keith Brown has written to officials asking for strong legal protections for the industry, which is worth around £4 billion ($5.3 billion) in exports.

A European Union definition of whisky currently protects sales from substandard products — but EU laws will no longer apply to Britain after the country exits the bloc in 2019. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: brexit; eussr; protectionism; scotch; scotchwhisky; scotland; uk; whisky
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To: Moltke

No; I’m saying the UN is a precarious and dangerous entity, whose position on such trademarks would be mercurial and would be favoring the EU.


21 posted on 07/31/2017 6:39:34 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Moltke
It looks like the UK already has regulations in place to protect Scotch whisky. A few of the provisions may have to be amended for the post-Brexit realities, but the framework is there.

There have been many examples of the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA)'s Legal Affairs Office using these regulations to "protect" scotch. Some would argue that they're nitpicky to the point of discouraging innovation.

22 posted on 07/31/2017 6:46:54 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: rb22982
Normally I prefer single malts like Lagavulin, Dalwhinnie, etc. I picked up an 18 year Dalwhinnie last month and it is excellent.

The only two blended I like are Chivas and Johnnie Walker Double Black.
23 posted on 07/31/2017 7:03:13 AM PDT by farming pharmer (www.sterlingheightsreport.com)
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To: Olog-hai

Too late. Japan now makes some of the finest whiskeys.


24 posted on 07/31/2017 8:29:53 AM PDT by CodeToad (AA)
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To: Olog-hai

The “UN” does not make trademark decisions. WIPO is merely an administrative vehicle to facilitate the Paris Convention of 1883 (way before the UN, the Soviet Union or the EU ever blighted earth).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property

The actual decisions whether to grant or deny protection for a particular trademark (or patent, or design) are made in the member countries.

This is a good thing for all concerned parties.


25 posted on 07/31/2017 10:18:49 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Olog-hai

“Scottish Economy Secretary Keith Brown has written to officials asking for strong legal protections for the industry, “

Purity, labeling, trademark are all valid points. Price, and tariffs are a totally different ballgame.

5.56mm


26 posted on 07/31/2017 10:30:52 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Moltke

As long as the UN’s WIPO was allowed to take over this convention, then that is not a good thing, because they will subvert it. The origin is less important than the destination, once the UN was allowed to get its hooks into it (which it did in 1967).


27 posted on 07/31/2017 10:32:20 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
The origin is less important than the destination

By that you mean someone in country A cannot force country B to register their trademark? Over earlier national trademark rights? Expound please. (I would agree that it's absolutely disgusting that Budweiser USA has trademark rights for horsepi$$ over one of the finest beers brewed on earth - but that is not the norm. If you have a draft for the perfect global IP system, kindly share.)

28 posted on 07/31/2017 12:04:25 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Moltke

I said nothing about what you are referring to.

What I said is that the UN cannot be trusted to protect international trademarks. (For the third time.)


29 posted on 07/31/2017 3:16:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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