Jack Daniel's tells Supreme Court its brand is harmed by dog toy Bad Spaniels

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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that pits whiskey giant Jack Daniels against a dog toy maker whose best-selling chewy toy parodies the brand.

, who in"Jack Daniel's, If You Please," said it was"the only friend there has ever been that didn't do me wrong."The Jack Daniel's company argues that it licenses its trademark to preserve its reputation, for instance licensing various dog products, including leashes, dog collars and a dog treat jar.

Some big legal guns have weighed in with friend-of-the-court briefs predicting economic doom if Bad Spaniels prevails. Former Solicitor General Gregory Garre, representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, argues that"giving businesses a free pass to capitalize on hard-earned trademarks ... would deeply destabilize an economic system that is rightly the envy of the world.

 

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That’s a great cert petition! Yup. Great issue! That’s what we want them spending time on

Kind of stupid lawsuit in my opinion.

Supreme Court? Don’t they have anything more important than freaking dog toys to consider? Maybe this is all they’re good for?

I’ll take Bad Spaniels any day! The Chewy dog toys are so fun, my dog loves them!

Well, it has succeeded. Now all I can think about when I see Jack Daniel’s I think 💩

So, Jack Daniel's is going to waste taxpayer dollars on a f**king chew toy for dogs? We are definitely living in Idiocracy.

they are poisoning a whole town too with their toxic spew

lol wut

It’s ironic cause their whiskey is dog shit. JackDaniels_US

Geez, Jack...which consumers does it confuse...the drunk ones?

It's a cute toy but they are profiting off of the Jack Daniels brand.

I love some JD but a dog toy only makes them more popular.

I thought it was Tennessee Whisky, not Tennessee Whine.

Liquor Bone!

The US is incredibly divided and governors are making huge power grabs but the Supreme Court is deciding between whiskey and dog toys. Actually it might be good because it will keep them from removing more barriers between church and state.

Why didn’t you show us a picture of the dog toy? You know anyone clicking that link was wanting to see it

Jack Daniels NEEDS TO LOSE. Parody is protected by the first amendment.

JackDaniels_US unfortunately, clogging up the docket with desperation isn't going to solve your financial woes. perhaps just make better whiskey? the Supreme Court has more serious matters to attend to.

Doesn't using the word parody already assume the use is legal?

Liquor money ain’t paying the bills anymore, time to go after Dog Toy money!

If your whiskey can be so easily confused with a dog toy, maybe the problem isn't the dog toy.

I didn’t see a photo of the Bad Spaniels bottle in your story, did you add one? IANAL but after googling it - Jack has a strong argument.

This is only about $$. 'Some big legal guns have weighed in with friend-of-the-court briefs predicting economic doom if Bad Spaniels prevails. ' Because nobody believes the squeeky toy, torn to pieces in 5 mins, will ruin the reputation of JACK DANIELS. 4 real, the SCOTUS?

Jack Daniels should have better things to do than clog the courts with this dog shit. And Tennessee whiskey sucks anyway. All of it.

'industrial civilization is on a runaway train to collapse and human extinction' should be the headline of every NPR story somebody there knows what's up

You know because everyone confuses (and compares at the same time) chew toys for dogs with whiskey. 🤦‍♀️

Interesting approach all things considered…

So what it will do if they win is allow a big corporation to steal a trademark it never bothered to get like big corps do to small businesses but .. they may be able to force the company to give up that trademark even though.. they didnt register it? Judicial Abuse for big corp

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