Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey squeaked out a small win at the Supreme Court on Thursday in its fight to take a set of parody dog toys off the market.
The unanimous ruling, written by Justice Elena Kagan, found the maker of the dog toys marketed as “Bad Spaniels” could not avoid a trademark infringement lawsuit just because they poke fun at the distillery.
But the opinion dodged broader questions raised in the case about how brands can control depictions of their products under trademark law, known as the Lanham Act.
