Pubdate: Wed, 04 Sep 2013
Source: New York Daily News (NY)
Copyright: 2013 Daily News, L.P.
Contact:  http://www.nydailynews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/295
Author: Dareh Gregorian

WEED LOVERS' MAG: RIPOFF NO TOKING MATTER

Whoa,Man!

The Manhattan-based marijuana magazine High Times is trying to whack 
a weed rival.

In a federal lawsuit, High Times is charging that NW Harvest Fest is 
bogarting its Cannabis Cup trademark.

The suit says NW Harvest Fest is holding a Cannabis Cup competition 
in Bow, Wash., this weekend - the same time High Times is holding its 
own Cannabis Cup awards in Seattle.

High Times says that's not cool and could "confuse" their devotees. 
Like High Times' own long-running awards, the allegedly counterfeit 
Cannabis Cup competition doles out prizes for best strains of 
marijuana and hash.

The mag narced on NW Harvest Fest in federal court in Washington 
State, and is seeking a court order forcing it to change the 
competition's name. It also seeks unspecified monetary damages for 
the "confusion."

A rep for NW Harvest Fest did not immediately return an email for comment.
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