American food to feed to a British friend?

[Amidus Drexel]

I'm also willing to say that's really, really stupid, which is my point. You don't need to go to India to buy Indian food, as an example. What makes scotch so special? The fact that it's made in a certain location? Or specific techniques used to make it a unique product?

If the former, that's a dumb and arbitrary distinction. If the latter...those techniques can be replicated in other parts of the world just as well, if the maker has the knowledge and materials to do so.

We can argue about trademark/branding law and international trade for pages and pages and not get anywhere.

Then call it "Scottish-Style Whiskey" or something similar (which doesn't run afoul of trade agreements RE: the actual name "Scotch Whiskey") and be done with it. As far as you're concerned, it means the same thing, and if it's truly the same quality, then the customers won't care either (save a few exceptionally snobby ones who likely wouldn't have bought it anyway).