US EditionSupreme Court sides with Jack Daniel's in trademark dispute involving a poop-themed dog toy
- Whiskey-Maker Jack Daniel's has been given a new chance in its trademark dispute against Bad Spaniels, a toy company that parodies the Jack Daniel's bottle.
- In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court did not rule on whether the toy company had violated trademark law but sent the case back for further review.
- The case centres on whether the Lanham Act prohibiting marketing that causes confusion around a product's origin is applicable to parody products.
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Ruff day in court: Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in dispute with makers of dog toy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday 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. In announcing the decision for a unanimous court, Justice Elena Kagan was in an unusually playful mood. At one point while reading a summary of the opinion in the courtroom Kagan held up the toy, which squeaks and mimics the whiskey’s sig…
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