Jack Daniels Properties v. Vip Products LLC (599 U.S. 140)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 8, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 599 U.S. 140 · 143 S. Ct. 1578
- Decided
- June 8, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Kagan
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2022 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus JACK DANIEL’S PROPERTIES, INC. v. VIP PRODUCTS LLC CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 22–148. Argued March 22, 2023—Decided June 8, 2023 The Lanham Act, the core federal trademark statute, defines a trade- mark by its primary function: identifying a product’s source and dis- tinguishing that source from others. In serving that function, trade- marks help consumers select the products they want to purchase (or avoid) and help producers reap the financial rewards associated with a product’s good reputation. To help protect trademarks, the Lanham Act creates federal causes of action for trademark infringement and trademark dilution. In a typical infringement case, the question is whether the defendant’s use of a mark is “likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive.” 15 U. S. C. §§1114 (1)(A), 1125(a)(1)(A). In a typical dilution case, the question is whether the defendant…
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