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SCOTUS issued its decision on Jack Daniels’ Properties v. VIP Products favoring Jack Daniels. The Court rejected VIP’s argument that the First Amendment overrode the Lanham Act in the context of a parody mark. The Supreme Court remanded the case back to the lower courts.

It may be punny or even funny, but a unanimous Supreme Court has decided that the “Bad Spaniels” dog-toy brand may infringe and dilute the “Jack Daniel’s” trademark. ...

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor Jack Daniel's in suit against VIP Products Bad Spaniels dog toy parodying whiskey brand. Jack Daniel's argued parody violated its trademark and trade dress under Lanham Act. SCOTUS agreed remanded case to lower court.

A dog toy resembling a JD bottle had argued that its Bad Spaniels dog toy was an "expressive work".

Jack Daniel's, the famous Tennessee whiskey company, tried to stop production and marketing of a dog toy shaped and decorated like a Jack Daniel's bottle but with the name "Bad Spaniels" on the label.

Several police officers outside the Supreme Court building have donned masks as haze from Canadian wildfires has become more noticeable in Washington this morning. Inside, the courtroom is full, with groups of lawyers from three organizations being sworn into the bar: the Christian Legal Society, t

In an unanimous, narrow decision​, the high court sent the trademark dispute back to the lower courts.

The case, a trademark dispute, pitted Jack Daniel’s against Bad Spaniels Silly Squeakers, which looks like the distiller’s distinctive bottle and adds potty humor.

Jack Daniel's, the famous Tennessee whiskey company, tried to stop production and marketing of a dog toy shaped and decorated like a Jack Daniel's bottle but with the name "Bad Spaniels" on the label.

Jack Daniel's, the famous Tennessee whiskey company, tried to stop production and marketing of a dog toy shaped and decorated like a Jack Daniel's bottle but with the name "Bad Spaniels" on the label.