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Michael Palmisciano was quoted in the article, "Jack Daniel’s Gets Last Laugh for Now in SCOTUS’ Ruling in ‘Bad Spaniels’ Case," published by IPWatchdog.

The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products that the Rogers test, used to "protect First Amendment interests in the trademark context," is not relevant "when an alleged infringer uses a trademark as a designation of source for the infringer’s own goods." The Court therefore vacated the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that said VIP’s dog toy mimicking a Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottle was an expressive work entitled to First Amendment protection. 

Mike commented that the Court simply "preserved Rogers as it was originally intended." He added: “Rogers continues to afford creators great leeway to use third-party marks in titles of artistic works for purposes of parody, commentary and criticism.”