Jack Daniel’s Sends the Most Polite Cease-and-Desist Letter Ever

[Kate]

Jack Daniel’s Sends the Most Polite Cease-and-Desist Letter Ever

When Patrick Wensink was commissioning the cover for his book, Broken Piano For President, he probably wasn’t expecting a cease-and-desist letter from Jack Daniel’s Properties — the owner of the Jack Daniel’s trademarks.

Looking at the cover for the book, it’s easy to see why the Jack Daniel’s people might take issue with the design. The typeface isn’t exactly the same, but the border and presentation is a dead-ringer for the classic black label of that sweet, sweet Tennessee whiskey.

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Source: Mashable through Infowarrior list:
https://mashable.com/2012/07/22/jack-daniels-trademark-letter/

 

[johname]

Gooder( managing director and chief trademark counsel at Jack Daniel’s) confirms that the whiskey distiller experiences a high number of cases of potential infringement each year, and that each situation is considered on its own merits. “There is no ‘one size fits all’ solution,” he says.

Uncoded=Dont expect to be treated like this regging a JD's domain name. This extreme niceties is reserved for high brow comedian authors selling books on amazon. JD's staff wont spend two hours writing your CD letter for regging jackdanielsdrink.com LOL

 

[iowadawg]

Geesh...and here I thought I would make a fortune regging:
bestofjackdaniels.com

Hey, wait a minute, I know a jack daniels (not the whiskey).

 

[fm1234]

No mystery here. JD is being nice about it, even to the point of offering to pay to have the cover redesigned, because non-libelous parody depictions are almost universally given a free pass by the courts.

Note that there is a difference between parodies and satirical depictions. I believe that the book cover in question would be considered a parody, but just my opinion.

Some further reading (PDF)


Frank

 

[lothos]

makes you want to go buy a bottle of JD doesn't it?

 

[iowadawg]

If one does not buy Jack Daniels?
One is NOT a true American Patriot!

Hahahahahahha...