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Benzinga: Wrigley Skittles Maker Resolves Trademark Dispute With Cannabis Company Over ‘ZKITTLEZ’

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5 months ago

July 5, 2023

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Wrigley, the maker of colorful candy Skittles, settled a lawsuit accusing a cannabis company of trademark infringement for marketing products under the “ZKITTLEZ” name.

In a proposed permanent injunction filed on Monday in Chicago federal court, Terphogz LLC agreed not to use Skittles, Zkittlez or any similar names or terms for cannabis-related sales, reported Reuters.

What happened: Wrigley accused Terphogz of undermining nearly 50 years of goodwill generated by the Skittles brand with its “freewheeling use” of the Skittles marks to sell cannabis, weed paraphernalia and other merchandise, some of which also carried the colorful rainbow theme, which characterizes Skittles.

Terphogz, based in Mendocino, California, claimed it did not sell cannabis, but licensed its intellectual property rights to other companies that sold cannabis legally, reported Reuters citing court papers.

Under the terms of the settlement, Terphogz will have to stop using slogans such as “Taste the Z Train” and “Taste the Strain Bro,” which Wrigley said was too similar to its Skittles’ longtime slogan “Taste the Rainbow.” It also agreed to give up the domain name zkittlez.com, though it can continue to use the letter “Z.”

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/23/07/33108906/wrigley-skittles-maker-resolves-trademark-dispute-with-cannabis-company-over-zkittlez

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Michigan: 3 Menominee cannabis dispensaries shut down Friday night by court order

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3 weeks ago

November 6, 2023

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Three cannabis dispensaries in Menominee were shut down Friday night.

WLUK-TV reports Higher Love, Lume and Nirvana were shut down due to a court order from the 41st Circuit Court, per Menominee city manager Brett Botbyl.

Last month, TV6 reported the future of all three shops in Menominee was uncertain due to lawsuits over the number of adult cannabis retailers in the city.

TV6 contacted all three companies. Higher Love referred us to its lawyer. Lume and Nirvana did not respond.

TV6 also called Menominee Mayor Jean Stegeman. She confirmed the shops were shut down but said she can’t comment further due to the pending litigation.

TV6 will continue to follow the latest developments.

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https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/11/04/3-menominee-cannabis-dispensaries-shut-down-friday-night/

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Illinois lawsuit aims to block opening of social equity cannabis licensee’s store

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3 weeks ago

November 3, 2023

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MJ Biz reports

The parent company of a marijuana retailer in Illinois filed a lawsuit alleging that another store is opening too close to one of its existing outlets in Chicago.

Under state law, marijuana retailers are not allowed to be located within 1,500 feet of each other – unless the two entities were licensed under Illinois’ social equity program.

The lawsuit, filed this week in Cook County by GRI Holdings, argues that while social equity licensees should be permitted to open stores close to locations owned by large multistate operators, regulations should not permit social equity businesses to locate so close to each other, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

The lawsuit claims the social equity exception “is a misinterpretation of the state law by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,” according to the newspaper.

The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which licenses marijuana businesses in the state, is named in the lawsuit.

The suit alleges that a Consume Cannabis store planned for 605 N. Clark St. in Chicago violates Illinois statutes because it’s within 1,500 feet of GRI Holdings’ Green Rose Dispensary at 612 N. Wells St.

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“Mr Cannabis” Law firm utilizes artificial intelligence to navigate cannabis regulations in multiple states

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2 months ago

October 8, 2023

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We’ll be listening to this podcast..

My guest today however is an advocate for its use, at least when it comes to processing the mountains of paperwork and navigating the oftentimes contradictory levels of regulatory red-tape that comes along with establishing and running a marijuana business.

Dustin Robinson is an attorney and founding partner of Mr. Cannabis Law, a cannabis and psychedelics-focused law firm based out of Florida. His firm is pioneering the use of AI software to help speed up and simplify a process that has become for some, an insurmountable hurdle to gaining some sort of foothold in the burgeoning industry.

Our conversation begins with Robinson explaining how he came to a career in law, by way of accounting…

More on Mr. Cannabis Law: https://mrcannabislaw.com/

Dustin Robinson’s profile: https://mrcannabislaw.com/dustin-robinson-attorney-profile/

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