Strategic Use of Trademark Filings. Here is a good example of how a company may file for a trademark
In the middle of finalizing the biggest-ever deal in American cannabis industry history—the $682 million takeover of a rival company, announced earlier this month—Los Angeles–based MedMen was plotting something even more audacious: laying claim to the word “cannabis” itself. On Oct. 3, MedMen filed a federal trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. As Marijuana Business Daily first reported on Monday, the company claimed “first use” and thus d
