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Supreme Court Rules “That Dog Don’t Hunt”: Bad Spaniels Toy’s Use of JACK DANIELS Marks is a Poor Parody and Dilution Act Applies

Intellectual Property Law Blog

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No. 58 (2007)). [14] Grimaldi, 875 F.

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Meeting of the Minds: The Price of Recklessness: Disgorgement of Pro?ts in a Post-Romag World

The IP Law Blog

After trial, the jury found that Fossil had acted “in callous disregard” of Romag’s intellectual property rights. 10 According to Fossil, the equity courts historically required plaintiffs to establish willfulness, or its historical equivalent, to obtain a profits award in trademark disputes. 31 Such improvements may give U.S.

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Supreme Court Rules “That Dog Don’t Hunt”: Bad Spaniels Toy’s Use of JACK DANIELS Marks is a Poor Parody and Dilution Act Applies

LexBlog IP

. (“Jack Daniels”), which owns registered trademarks for “JACK DANIELS”, “OLD NO. 2 On Your Tennessee Carpet” referencing dog urine because it infringed and tarnished its famous trademarks. Lemley, “Grounding Trademark Law Through Trademark Use,” 92 Iowa L.

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Supreme Court Rules “That Dog Don’t Hunt”: Bad Spaniels Toy’s Use of JACK DANIELS Marks is a Poor Parody and Dilution Act Applies

LexBlog IP

. (“Jack Daniels”), which owns registered trademarks for “JACK DANIELS”, “OLD NO. 2 On Your Tennessee Carpet” referencing dog urine because it infringed and tarnished its famous trademarks. Lemley, “Grounding Trademark Law Through Trademark Use,” 92 Iowa L.