Jack Daniel’s Prevails Before High Court In Trademark Parody Case

Mealey's (June 8, 2023, 11:20 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held June 8 that parody of the Jack Daniel’s trademark in connection with a dog toy was wrongly deemed noncommercial by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, in what Justice Elena Kagan called a “narrow” opinion that would not reach the question of whether Rogers v. Grimaldi, 875 F.2d 994 (2nd Cir. 1989), “has merit in other contexts.”...