1 April 2020TrademarksRory O'Neill

Ninth Circuit axes Jack Daniel’s TM win on First Amendment grounds

A dog toy based on the design of a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey could be protected from trademark infringement claims on the grounds of free expression, a US federal court has ruled.

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