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VIP Products
Coverage of VIP Products in the Nexus archive.
- Ninth Circuit frees Jack Daniel’s chew toy spoof from trademark doghouse
The Ninth Circuit Court ruled that VIP Products' Bad Spaniels dog toy, which spoofs Jack Daniel’s whiskey brand, does not infringe on its trademarks. The court found no reputational harm caused by the toy's name or design, allowing VIP to resume sales after a prior injunction was lifted.