Mealey's (July 26, 2018, 1:32 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON. D.C. — Arguing that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has improperly elevated an expressive works exception over the traditional likelihood-of-confusion standard in trademark law, a record label in a July 24 reply brief supporting its petition for certiorari asks the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a purported circuit split on the matter in a case centering on the television show “Empire” (Empire Distribution Inc. v. Twentieth Century Fox Television, et al., No. 17-1383, U.S. Sup.)....