Supreme Court takes Jack Daniel’s case

The Supreme Court will hear a dispute over a dog toy. Whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s sued the manufacturer of the plastic Bad Spaniels toy. The toy mimics the Jack Daniel’s bottle and label but is a parody. While the original bottle has the words “Old No. 7 brand” and “Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey,” the parody proclaims: “The Old No. 2 on Your Tennessee Carpet.” A number of major companies from the makers of Campbell Soup to outdoor brand Patagonia and jeans maker Levi Strauss had urged the justices to take what they said was an important case for trademark law. Lawyers for the toy’s maker, Arizona-based VIP Products, told the high court that Jack

Daniel’s can’t take a joke.