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.
Tag: Jack Daniel Distillery (Lynchburg, Tenn)
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Jack Daniel’s-Inspired Dog Toy Provokes Supreme Court Debate
The justices differed about whether the toy, shaped like a bottle of Jack Daniel’s, violated the distiller’s trademark rights or was protected by the First Amendment.
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Whiskey Fungus Fed by Jack Daniel’s Encrusts a Tennessee Town
The dark growth, fed by alcohol vapors from barrels of aging Jack Daniel’s whiskey, has coated homes, cars, patio furniture and road signs in a sooty crust, residents said. One woman is suing Lincoln County.
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May ‘Bad Spaniels’ Mock Jack Daniel’s? The Supreme Court Will Decide.
The justices have agreed to hear a trademark dispute with First Amendment overtones involving a dog toy’s bathroom humor and a distinctive whiskey bottle.