Mealey's (January 19, 2023, 2:01 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — One week after Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. filed its opening merits brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ “egregiously wrong” finding that the use of its trademarks and trade dress in a parody is protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 13 amicus curiae briefs were filed in support of the whiskey maker on Jan. 18, by parties including the United States, the Motion Picture Association Inc. (MPA), Nike Inc. and Campbell Soup Co....