BBK TOBACCO & FOODS v. CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE

Nos. 22-16190, 22-16281.

97 F.4th 668 (2024)

BBK TOBACCO & FOODS LLP, dba HBI International, an Arizona limited liability partnership, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 1, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett E. Cooper (argued), Frank G. Long , and J. Alex Grimsley , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Phoenix, Arizona; Charles S. Price , Dickinson Wright/Mariscal Weeks, Phoenix, Arizona; for Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant.

Brett M. Schuman (argued) and Jeremy N. Lateiner , Goodwin Procter LLP, San Francisco, California; Jesse Lempel , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; Andrew Kim , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Mitchell L. Turbenson and Brian W. LaCorte , Ballard Spahr LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellee.

Dissent by Judge Bumatay


OPINION

BBK Tobacco & Foods LLP ("BBK") distributes and sells smoking-related products with trademarked "RAW" branding. It alleges that Central Coast Agriculture, Inc. ("CCA") infringed its mark by selling cannabis products with the mark "Raw Garden." BBK's operative complaint asserts trademark infringement and...

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