Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products LLC, No. 22-148 [Arg: 3.22.2023]

Issue(s): (1) Whether humorous use of another’s trademark as one’s own on a commercial product is subject to the Lanham Act’s traditional likelihood-of-confusion analysis, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1), or instead receives heightened First Amendment protection from trademark-infringement claims; and (2) whether humorous use of another’s mark as one’s own on a commercial product is “noncommercial” and thus bars as a matter of law a claim of dilution by tarnishment under the Trademark Dilution Revision Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c)(3)(C).
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Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products LLC, No. 22-148 [Arg: 3.22.2023]
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