An Arizona company that sells squeaky, chewable dog toys spoofing Jack Daniel's whiskey is not protected by the First Amendment, the Supreme Court said Thursday. In a narrow, unanimous ruling in favor ...

Washington — A clash between Jack Daniel's whiskey and a pet company selling a poop-themed dog chew toy landed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices wrestled with when a parody of an ...

The issue before the justices was over free speech and company trademarks. A Supreme Court debate Wednesday over parody and popular commercial brands was dominated by talk of whiskey bottles, dog toys ...

VIP Products said its irreverent toy was an obvious parody. Jack Daniel’s said the toy’s references to dog poop diluted its marks. The district court’s divided ruling follows a remand from the Supreme ...

In its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, Jack Daniel's shows a bottle of its signature Tennessee whiskey alongside a dog toy called Bad Spaniels from VIP Products. (Image via Courthouse News) ...

WASHINGTON — Facing a choice between a shot of Jack Daniel's and a chaser of "poop-themed" dog toys that resemble the company's whiskey bottles, Supreme Court justices seemed to find fault on both ...

The legal battle involves a line of dog toys, called "Bad Spaniels," made by Arizona-based VIP Products. The chew toy at issue closely resembles a Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle but instead incorporates ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Jack Daniel’s in its trademark fight against a poop-themed dog toy that parodies the company’s whiskey bottles. In a unanimous decision authored by Justice ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Jack Daniel’s in a dispute over a poop-themed dog toy that parodies its iconic liquor bottle, ruling that a lower court erred when it said the toy was covered ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Jack Daniel's and against a company that makes a dog toy shaped like the distiller’s whiskey bottle in an unusual trademark dispute that drew the ...