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{{Short description|Indian whisky brand}}
{{Infobox beverage
| name = Peter Scot
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| type = [[Indian whisky]]
| abv = 42.8%
| proof =
| manufacturer = [[Khoday Group|Khoday India Limited]] (KIL)
| distributor =
| origin = [[India]]
| introduced = May 1968
| colour =
| flavour =
| ingredients =
| variants = {{ubl|Peter Scot|Peter Scot Black}}
| related = {{ubl|[[Red Knight (whisky)|Red Knight]]|Honeybee}}
| website =
}}

'''Peter Scot''' is a brand of [[Indian whisky]], manufactured by [[Khoday Group|Khoday India Limited]] (KIL), and launched in May 1968. It is a flagship brand of the company<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/businessline/catalyst/2001/02/14/stories/1914l053.htm |title=Khoday's adds strength to liquor business |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2001-02-14 |accessdate=2013-08-11 |archive-date=2013-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053854/http://www.hindu.com/businessline/catalyst/2001/02/14/stories/1914l053.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is manufactured at their [[Bangalore]] facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detarchive.asp?articleid=22234&sectionid=3 |title=Khoday Red Knight Whisky storms into south Indian markets |publisher=Fnbnews.com |date=2007-12-08 |accessdate=2013-08-11}}</ref> In ''Khoday Distilleries Limited vs. The [[Scotch Whisky Association]] and Others'', Peter Warren, an employee of Khoday, told the [[Supreme Court of India]] that the brand name Peter Scot was made up using his father's first name, "Peter", and his nationality, "[[Scottish people|Scot]]". Another factor in choosing the name was due to the [[British people|British]] explorer, [[Robert Falcon Scott|Captain Scott]], and his son [[Peter Scott]]. Although the name "Scott" is spelt with two t's, it is phonetically the same as the word Scot.<ref name="indianexpress1">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/scotch-whisky-in-supreme-court/331963/0 |title=Scotch Whisky in Supreme Court |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=2008-07-06 |accessdate=2013-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://khodaygroup.com/peterscot.html |title=Khoday's |publisher=Khodaygroup.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-11}}</ref> The brand's main competitors are [[Pernod Ricard]]'s [[Blenders Pride]] and [[United Spirits Limited]]'s [[Royal Challenge]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/02/05/stories/2004020501190600.htm |title=UB expects CSD sales to boost Signature whisky |newspaper=[[Business Line]] |date=2004-02-05 |accessdate=2013-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Anil Urs |agency=TNN |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-10-03/news/27361025_1_signature-whisky-shaw-wallace-s-royal-challenge-defence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420112121/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-10-03/news/27361025_1_signature-whisky-shaw-wallace-s-royal-challenge-defence |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2013 |title=McDowell's Signature to enter defence canteen stores |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=2002-10-03 |accessdate=2013-08-11}}</ref>

==History==
Khoday India Limited (KIL) began producing Peter Scot whisky in May 1968,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intellexip.com/upload/PdfFileCa_20.pdf |title=SUPREME COURTS BARS CHALLENGE TO "PETER SCOT" ON PRINCIPLES OF ACQUIESCENCE AND/ OR WAIVER |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-08-11}}</ref> and registered the [[trademark]] in 1974. In 1986, the [[Scotch Whisky Association]] (SWA) moved the Assistant Registrar Trademarks for cancellation of the Peter Scot trademark. The SWA claimed that the name was deceptively similar to '[[Scotch whisky|Scotch']], which allegedly lead consumers to believe that the product had a Scottish connection.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7473146.stm |title=No half measures for Scotch whisky |work=BBC News |date=2008-06-26 |access-date=2013-08-11}}</ref> The Registrar ordered the deletion of the Peter Scot trademark in 1989. However, the decision was reversed several times, until a single-judge bench of the [[Madras High Court]], followed by an identical order from the [[Division bench]] of the same Court ruled in favour of the SWA. The Court ruled that "the adoption of a name which indicates the geographical region even when the goods had no connection with that place, was itself dishonest". KIL appealed the 12 October 2007 high court order in the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]], arguing that SWA had knowledge about registration of the trademark as early as September 1974, but had waited for more than 12 years to move the Registrar. On 27 May 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of KIL, allowing it to keep the Peter Scot trademark.<ref>{{cite news|author=Dhananjay Mahapatra |agency=TNN | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Scotch-or-not-Peter-Scot-wont-be-banned-SC/articleshow/3077991.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716051621/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-28/india/27741832_1_peter-scot-scot-or-scotch-sc-bench | url-status=live | archive-date=2013-07-16 |title=Scotch or not, 'Peter Scot' won't be banned: SC |date=2008-05-28 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-08-11}}</ref>

In its judgment, the Supreme Court considered the tests applied by courts in [[England]], [[Australia]] and the [[United States]] regarding the deceptive similarity of goods. The Court also referred to a passage in ''Kerly's Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names'' and ruled that, "the goods are expensive and not of a kind usually selected without deliberation and the customers are generally educated persons which are all matters to be considered". It also held that "where the class of buyers is educated and rich, the test to be applied is different where the product would be purchased by the villagers, the illiterate and the poor". The Court reached the conclusion that the trademark concerned a class of buyers who were expected to know the value of money, the quality and content of [[Scotch whisky]] and the difference in the process of manufacture, the place of manufacture and their origin.<ref name="indianexpress1"/> The judgement also stated that "the Trademark Registrar as well as the high court failed to apply the consumer's knowledge test to the issue and hence arrived at a wrong conclusion".<ref>{{cite news|author=Dhananjay Mahapatra |agency=TNN |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Made-in-India-tag-cant-fool-Scotch-whisky-drinkers-SC-/articleshow/3084404.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055446/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-30/india/27770821_1_scotch-whisky-association-indian-whisky-peter-scot |url-status=live |archive-date=2013-09-21 |title='Made in India' tag can't fool Scotch whisky drinkers: SC |date=2008-05-30 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-08-11}}</ref> The SWA described the Supreme Court verdict as "inexplicable".<ref>{{cite news|author=Boby Kurian |agency=TNN |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-05-31/news/28467902_1_swa-peter-scot-scotch-whisky-association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055308/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-05-31/news/28467902_1_swa-peter-scot-scotch-whisky-association |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |title=Scotch body may take local Scot to WTO |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=2008-05-31 |accessdate=2013-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/business/whisky-lobbyists-keep-spirits-up-after-20-years-in-court-1-1435830 |title=Whisky lobbyists keep spirits up after 20 years in court |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=2008-05-31 |accessdate=2013-08-11}}</ref> The SWA petition seeking a review of the judgment was dismissed by the Supreme Court in February 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200902041241.htm |title=The Hindu News Update Service |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2009-02-04 |accessdate=2013-08-11 |archive-date=2013-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055155/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200902041241.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Khoday began exporting Peter Scot to [[Italy]] in October 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131224122229/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-10-01/news/28418815_1_peter-scot-whisky-khoday-india-liquor-business Khoday to export whiskies to Europe - Economic Times]. Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com (2007-10-01). Retrieved on 2013-12-23.</ref>

Khoday's launched Peter Scot Black, a [[single malt whisky]], in Karnataka, Goa, Punjab, Rajasthan, [[Chandigarh]], [[Daman, India|Daman]], and [[Silvassa]] in February 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Govind |first1=Deepti |title=Khoday's bets big on single malt whisky with new launch |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/khoday-s-bets-big-on-single-malt-whisky-with-new-launch-1550654553859.html |website=mint |access-date=8 November 2021 |language=en |date=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=6 Indian whisky brands you need to try at least once in your lifetime |url=https://www.gqindia.com/live-well/content/6-indian-whisky-brands-you-need-to-try-at-least-once-in-your-lifetime |website=GQ India |access-date=8 November 2021 |language=en-IN |date=28 August 2020}}</ref> The single malt whisky was the brainchild of Khodays' late vice-chairman, L. Srihari Khoday, who had proposed launching a single malt variant of the Peter Scot brand in 2008. The company claims that consumers compared Peter Scot Black to single malt whiskies made by [[Glenfiddich]] and [[Glenmorangie]] during [[blind taste tests]].<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Khoday launches Peter Scot Black Single Malt whisky |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/food/food-chennai/chennai-continental/2019/feb/14/house-of-khoday-launches-peter-scot-black-single-malt-whisky-12816.html |website=www.indulgexpress.com |access-date=8 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Scot joins the single malt bandwagon as House of Khoday Ventures Into the elite Segment |url=https://thefoodietales.com/peter-scot-single-malt-is-now-here/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108180317/https://thefoodietales.com/peter-scot-single-malt-is-now-here/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |website=THE FOODIE TALES |access-date=8 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.khodayindia.com/ Khodays India Limited official site]
* [http://khodaygroup.com/ Khoday Group official site]
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[[Category:Whisky brands]]

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