Jack Daniel’s Appeals Dog Toy Trademark, Trade Dress Case To Supreme Court

Mealey's (October 15, 2020, 2:52 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Sept. 15 petition for certiorari, Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. tells the U.S. Supreme Court that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals wrongly applied First Amendment principles in finding that humorous uses of its trademarks and trade dress on a dog toy did not constitute trademark infringement and dilution (Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, No. 20-365, U.S. Sup.)....