US Backs Tarnishment Provision Constitutionality At 9th Circ.

By Rae Ann Varona ( January 12, 2026, 11:35 PM EST) -- Jack Daniel's has urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm a district court's ruling that a company's poop-themed "Bad Spaniels" dog toy tarnished the whiskey maker's trademark, while the federal government separately opposed the toy maker's contention that the Lanham Act's tarnishment provision violates the First Amendment....

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