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In a win for brand owners across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that potential infringers as a threshold matter are not automatically shielded from liability by...

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. ...

In a case that has already garnered extensive media attention due to the fame of Jack Daniel’s whiskey and public curiosity regarding a trademark clash involving whiskey and dog toys,...

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.

The Supreme Court gave whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s reason to raise a glass, handing the company a new chance to win a trademark dispute with the makers of the Bad Spaniels dog toy.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday gave whiskey maker Jack Daniels reason to raise a glass, handing the company a new chance to win a trademark dispute with the makers of the Bad Spaniels dog toy.

Supreme Court ruling grants Jack Daniel's new chance in trademark dispute with Bad Spaniels dog toy makers.

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave whiskey maker Jack Daniels reason to raise a glass, handing the company a new chance to win a trademark dispute with the makers of the Bad Spaniels dog toy.

A Scottsdale company that makes doggy chew toys spoofing Jack Daniel's and other brands is not protected from trademark infringement suits by its claim that it was merely parodying, not appropriating, those brands, the Supreme Court ruled.

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