USPTO said:Likelihood of Confusion with Other Marks
The USPTO examines every application for compliance with federal law and rules. The most common reason to refuse registration is a “likelihood of confusion” between the mark of the applicant and a mark already registered or in a prior-filed pending application owned by another party. The USPTO determines that a likelihood of confusion exists when both (1) the marks are similar, and (2) the goods and/or services of the parties are related such that consumers would mistakenly believe they come from the same source. Similar marks or related goods/services by themselves are not enough to support a finding of a likelihood of confusion, unless a court has held that the mark is actually a famous mark. That is, generally two identical marks can co-exist, so long as the goods and services are not related.
USPTO said:Similarity of Marks
BASIC FACTS ABOUT TRADEMARKS
To determine whether a likelihood of confusion exists, the marks are first examined for their similarities and differences. Note that in order to find a likelihood of confusion, the marks do not have to be identical. When marks sound alike when spoken, are visually similar, have the same meaning (even if in translation), and/or create the same general commercial impression in the consuming public’s mind, the marks may be considered confusingly similar. Similarity in sound, appearance, and/or meaning may be sufficient to support a finding of likelihood of confusion, depending on the relatedness of the goods and/or services.
that site is basically The Onion but for weed news. 99.9% of the other articles are fake.
Might be more appropriate to just change the name to Guerilla Glue.
LOL! Good one. Had me going for a moment. Last couple of sentences shows its a joke.
I got on Gorilla Seeds case cause they had appropriated the copyrighted GG logo and tried to use it here on icmag. Told them that could cause legal probs and advised them to change the logo (they weren't even selling gg#4 at the time). Using the logo is potentially a worse offense and could result in a lawsuit.
However, the Gorilla Glue company had a recent TV ad campaign, and they appear first in the search engines, so I'm pretty sure they're not worried as the popularity of the cannabis strain only fixes the name even more in ppls minds. The Girl Scouts didn't seem to mind GSC and some even took advantage of the cannabis' popularity!
Just so long as the Gorilla Glue orders don't get mixed up, I doubt there'll be a problem...
"I planted several rolls of tape and watered and fertilized but nothing came up!"
Josey, they're just scamming you. You'd need to be served physically. And unfortunately for GG, they'll never find all the growers.
Worse if they ever did sue, you'd have to change the name of the strain.
I doubt they could prevail with damages awarded because they'd have to prove they suffered financial loss, or you profited at their expense.
The reason for the success of G
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yeah I agree, but I found out you can be served by email, I have a lot to say but the lawyer advised me not say anything, but I can say its all real, there lawyer called me again this morning, I will fill you all in as this progresses