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A viral Instagram video shows a clever Golden Retriever named Oatmeal independently solving a problem by freeing a stuck fish toy in a pool, impressing viewers with his problem-solving skills and earning widespread praise.
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Jack Daniel's in a lawsuit against a company that sells a dog toy resembling the whiskey bottle. The court found that the toy is a trademark violation and threw out an appeal that found it to be a "non-commercial" parody. The case is now back to lower courts. The whiskey makers argued that the toy was profiting from their goodwill and confusing consumers. The decision is the second intellectual property law that the court has ruled on in recent months.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment does not protect a dog toy resembling a bottle of Jack Daniel's from a lawsuit claiming trademark infringement. The toy, the Bad Spaniels Silly Squeaker, has the shape and other distinctive features of a bottle of Jack Daniel's but with "lighthearted, dog-related alterations." The court unanimously ruled that the infringement claim rises or falls on the likelihood of confusion, and the chew toy's mockery of the liquor bottle had to figure in the analysis.
The US Supreme Court heard arguments in a trademark case between Jack Daniel's and a dog toy company that is making money by parodying the whiskey. Jack Daniel's is trying to stop the sale of the dog toy, contending that it infringes on its trademark, confuses consumers, and tarnishes its reputation. The dog toy company, VIP, says it is not infringing on the trademark; it's spoofing it. The justices struggled to reconcile their own previous decisions enforcing the nation's trademark laws and what some of them saw as a potential threat to free speech. No clear sign from justices on how they will rule.
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that could determine whether humorous products that parody a brand enjoy special protection from trademark claims under the First Amendment or whether funny knock-offs violate trademark law because they could confuse consumers or disparage the original product. The case involves a squeezy dog toy that mimics a bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey but carries the words "Bad Spaniels" on the label. Jack Daniel's Properties argued the toy could confuse consumers about who made the product and could tarnish the company's reputation, while the dog toy company, Arizona-based VIP Products, said the toy is a parody, entitled to free speech protection.
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case involving Jack Daniel's and the makers of a dog toy that mimics the whiskey's signature bottle. The question for the court is whether the toy's maker infringed on Jack Daniel's trademarks. The justices were largely on their best behavior, not picking up on the toy's poop humor and puns. At the heart of the case is the Lanham Act, the country's major trademark law. Jack Daniel's says the dog toy misleads customers and profits "from Jack Daniel's hard-earned goodwill" and associates its "whiskey with excrement."