Supreme Court rules in favor of Jack Daniel's in dog toy trademark dispute.
The Supreme Court has given Jack Daniel's a new chance to win a trademark dispute with the makers of the Bad Spaniels dog toy. The court did not decide whether the toy's maker had violated trademark law but instead sent the case back for further review. The case centers around the Lanham Act, the country's core federal trademark law, which prohibits using a trademark in a way “likely to cause confusion ... as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of ... goods.”
