Author: Adam Liptak

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the First Amendment does not protect a chew toy for dogs that resembles a bottle of Jack Daniel’s from a lawsuit claiming trademark infringement.The toy, the Bad Spaniels Silly Squeaker, has the shape and other quirks of a Jack Daniel’s bottle but, as an appeals court judge put it, “light-hearted, dog-related modifications.”The words “Old No. 7 Brand Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey” on the bottle are replaced on the toy with “the Old No. 2, on your Tennessee carpet.” Where Jack Daniel’s says its product is 40 percent alcohol by volume, Bad Spaniels says it’s…