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Parody
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The IP Law Blog
The Briefing: Cooperstown Strikes Out: Parody, Fair Use & Trademark Law
By Scott Hervey, Richard Buckley
https://youtu.be/CF1fwlZLv20 Can a brand stop a creator from making fun of it? In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Richard D. Buckley, Jr. break down…
Coblentz Law
Bad Spaniels Bites Back: The Ninth Circuit Narrows Trademark Tarnishment and Restores Parody to the Dilution Analysis
On August 4, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued the latest decision in the long-running trademark dispute between Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. and VIP Products…
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
It’s Hard for Parodic Products to Tarnish Famous Trademarks–Bad Spaniels v. Jack Daniel’s
By Eric Goldman
The jurisprudence of parody dog toys and trademark dilution continues to grow. In this case, “JDPI argues that the Bad Spaniels toy dilutes its marks ‘by associating the famed whiskey…
The Brand Protection Blog
VIP Products v. Jack Daniel’s: Ninth Circuit requires mark-specific proof of fame
Few squeaky toys have generated as much noise as Bad Spaniels. VIP Products LLC (VIP) v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. (JDPI) began as a dispute over a dog-poop themed parody…
Above the Fold
Ninth Circuit Rules That a Parodic Dog Toy Does Not Dilute the Jack Daniel’s Brand: What Trademark Owners and Parodists Need to Know
On August 4, 2026, in VIP Products, LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., the Ninth Circuit vacated a permanent injunction barring VIP Products from selling its “Bad Spaniels” squeaky dog…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Second Circuit Finds Art Collective Can’t Use First Amendment to Skate Out of Injunction
By Gazal Pour-Moezzi, Robert Green, Chante Westmoreland
In its first opportunity to apply the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products LLC, which held that the First Amendment did not protect infringing works…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Barbie Goes to Court
Yes, Barbie has been in court quite often. Is there a litigious Barbie, yet? ... In Mattel, Inc. v. Walking Mountain Productions, 353 F.3d 792 (9th Cir. 2003), the toymaker…
ILN IP Insider
Is the Legal Test for Expressive Use of a Trademark on The Rocks? Jack Daniel’s Prevails at the Supreme Court
By Marc J. Rachman of Davis+Gilbert LLP, Brooke Erdos Singer of Davis+Gilbert LLP, Angela M. Dunay of Davis+Gilbert
The Bottom Line The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided that, when using another’s trademark “as a designation of source for the infringer’s own goods,” one is not entitled to a…
Franchise Feed
Supreme Court Limits Fair Use and Non-Commercial Use Defenses in Jack Daniels Trademark Case | John Kellam
By John Kellam
On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in the case of Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC. The ruling has significant implications for…
Marks, Works, and Secrets
Not Funny! Unanimous SCOTUS in Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Holds That Parody Does Not Implicate First Amendment Concerns, But Only Implicates Likelihood of Confusion
By Ira S. Sacks, Victoria Doyle
On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously decided the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC in favor of Jack Daniel’s, and against the…