Trademarks

Major consumer goods companies like Kellogg Company and PepsiCo, Inc. appealed to Congress to stop the proliferation of cannabis products mimicking their brand.

Muha Meds — a self-described street cannabis brand that is best known for the unregulated sale of THC-rich vape cartridges — has received a cannabis processor license in Michigan.

Skittles-maker Mars Wrigley has filed lawsuits against cannabis companies in Illinois, California, and Canada for trademark infringement.

A trademark dispute is brewing between California-based Farmacann, which was founded originally under California’s medical cannabis law, and the Chicago-based multi-state cannabis operator Pharmacann.

Ferrera Candy Co. — the maker of Nerds candy — is filing suit against California’s Tops Cannabis for trademark infringement and the alleged sale of cannabis-infused Nerds parody products.

The trademark battle between Woodstock Ventures and Woodstock Roots over the “Woodstock” name as it pertains to cannabis products is headed to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Arkansas-based Harvest Cannabis Dispensary has won a preliminary injunction in its trademark dispute against Natural State Enterprises, a multi-state cannabis operator.

Massachusetts’ New England Treatment Access has settled a federal lawsuit filed by lumber firm Boise Cascade Company, who claimed NETA’s logo was “confusingly similar” to their own.

Jonathan Menkes is a California-based trademark attorney with Knobbe Martens.

Woodstock Ventures, the founding entity behind the Woodstock music festival, can move forward with a planned cannabis brand after a court ruled their trademark was not blocked by Woodstock Roots LLC, an unaffiliated company.