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Arizona toymaker's battle with Jack Daniel's distiller heads to U.S. Supreme Court

PHOENIX — If you want a squeaky dog toy that looks like a Jack Daniels bottle, you had better order it soon.

It may not be available months from now.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to a request by the distiller to review a lower court ruling that said an Arizona company is free to produce a plastic toy that looks all the world like the company’s distinctive Old No. 7 Black Label Tennessee Whiskey. The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said that is permissible parody and humor.

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