After a decade of litigation and a pivotal Supreme Court ruling from 2023, the legal battle between Jack Daniel’s and VIP Products has taken yet another turn, this time back in favor of Jack Daniel’s.
Seeing an opportunity to capitalize on comedic freedom of speech and parodistic liberties (think Weird Al Yankovic and Aqua’s Barbie Girl hit song), a pet toy maker decided to create a chewable, ...
“It will be interesting to see if the Supreme Court ultimately provides any standards on the parameters of what is, or is not, properly a parody under First Amendment principles, as the Circuits could ...
The Dog Toy That Wouldn't Die: Ninth Circuit Hands Jack Daniel's Another Courtroom Defeat in the Bad Spaniels Saga After more than a decade of litigation that has wound through federal district courts ...
“Whether the Rogers test gets the question exactly right, [or] whether there should be a better test, you’re leagues away from that. It’s a standard commercial product, not a film or political t-shirt ...