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I wouldn't be so sure. Jack Daniels sued (and won) against a maker of dog toys that looked like Jack Daniels but were named "Bad Spaniels". Turns out trademark

• amiga386 2y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Daniel%27s_Properties,_Inc._v._VIP_Products_LLC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Daniel%27s_Properties,_In... Jack Daniels won because the maker of the dog toys were selling them, and wanted a trademark themselves. Here we're talking about activists making non-commercial parody usage; the EFF's letter already mentions the Lanham Act, and let us add to that the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_Dilution_Revision_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_Dilution_Revision_Ac...) which adds an express fair-use defense for noncommercial use.