spaniels

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Editorial note

The ruling does not take a position on whether there was confusion between Bad Spaniels and Jack Daniels.

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Quick take

A cringing, fawning person.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spaniels gathered in one view.

noun

A cringing, fawning person.

noun

Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spaniels.

noun

A cringing, fawning person.

noun

Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.

Example sentences

The ruling does not take a position on whether there was confusion between Bad Spaniels and Jack Daniels.

So is this correct: an entire trademark called bad spaniels was designed off an existing trademark, Jack Daniel's?

There are endless other breeds (pugs, Cavalier King Charles spaniels, etc.) that have been wrecked by thoughtless breeding practices.

What if the Jack Daniels company had introduced a self-parodic dog toy called Bad Spaniels with the same design?

A bit of an oversimplification and slightly wrong, but the problem is essentially that it is a Bad Spaniels brand dog toy, parodying the sound-a-like Jack Daniels brand whiskey.

The one downside of Spaniels is that they steal socks and underwear and hide them.

They don't strictly need you to understand any more than they need cocker spaniels to.

There actually is case law around bad puns/rhymes as parody branding (Bad Spaniels dog toy shaped and styled like Jack Daniel’s bottle).

And that is the right thing that the courts should decide - but it was something that Bad Spaniels was trying to avoid.

Family member had cocker spaniels from a working dog breeder (gun dogs).

I've had four Brittany spaniels, two from early puppy stage, and two from adult stage.

The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that, because the chew toy is released by the Bad Spaniels /brand/, the Rogers /artistic work/ analysis is not appropriate.

Quote examples

Jack Daniels sued (and won) against a maker of dog toys that looked like Jack Daniels but were named "Bad Spaniels".

It looks like a bottle of Jack Daniels, uses the same logo except it is called "Bad Spaniels" with a dog on it.

We think that what they really want is to stream music over their pet's collar" Third episode: "Well, who knew that Cocker Spaniels are frightened by Ke$ha?

"Domesticated dogs rarely howl" You clearly haven't met our neighbours and their delightful King Charles Spaniels.

Proper noun examples

Spaniels are all rounders in terms of their working - they’re as happy to flush, work ground or retrieve.

Same thing with our two Boykin Spaniels.

In the food truck case, clearly they are using it as their own brand identifier (so it's analogous to Bad Spaniels), and clearly it is a parody, so clearly it is not trademark infringement as with BS.