United States: Precedential No. 2: "BURNS NIGHT" Whiskey Opposition Survives Rule 12(b)(6) Motion To Dismiss - Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

The Scotch Whisky Associaton opposed an application to regiter the mark BURNS NIGHT for "Malt whisky; Whiskey" on two grounds: geographically deceptive misdescriptiveness under Section 2(e)(3), and deptiveness under Section 2(a).