Author: Todd Ruger

Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey squeaked out a small victory in the Supreme Court on Thursday in its battle to remove a set of parody dog ​​toys from the market. The unanimous decision, written by Justice Elena Kagan, found that the maker of dog toys marketed as “Bad Spaniels” could not avoid a trademark infringement lawsuit simply because they were poking fun at the distillery. But the opinion avoided the broader question raised in the case about how brands can control descriptions of their products under trademark law, known as the Lanham Act. “Now we will choose a narrower path,” Kagan…