{"id":10006,"date":"2026-03-14T04:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/snoop-dogg-cant-trademark-smoke-weed-everyday-for-cannabis-brand\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:52:16","slug":"snoop-dogg-cant-trademark-smoke-weed-everyday-for-cannabis-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/snoop-dogg-cant-trademark-smoke-weed-everyday-for-cannabis-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg Can’t Trademark ‘Smoke Weed Everyday’ for Cannabis Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tSnoop Dogg has been refused a federal trademark on \u201cSmoke Weed Everyday\u201d after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled that the cannabis-loving phrase was too common to function as a brand name.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe iconic rapper wants to secure rights to the name \u2014 derived from the outro to the 2001 song \u201cThe Next Episode\u201d by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop \u2013 for a chain of marijuana dispensaries. But the agency\u2019s Tuesday ruling says the lyric is so widely used that it won\u2019t work as an exclusive trademark.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThis term or phrase is a song lyric commonly used in association with cannabis use,\u201d the trademark examiner writes. \u201cBecause consumers are accustomed to seeing this term or phrase used in ordinary language by many different sources, they would not perceive it as a mark identifying the source of applicant\u2019s goods and\/or services but rather as only conveying an informational message.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trademark was also rejected for a simpler reason: That cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, and only trademarks for \u201clawful\u201d goods can be registered under federal law.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBecause applicant\u2019s goods and\/or services include items or activities that are a per se violation of federal law, the intended use or use of the applied-for mark in commerce in connection with such goods and\/or services cannot be lawful,\u201d the examiner writes.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ruling doesn\u2019t mean that Snoop can\u2019t use the name for dispensaries, but it would make it harder for him to protect the name if somebody else opened up a similarly-named competing store. He can also appeal the ruling \u2014 first to the examiner, then to the PTO\u2019s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and finally to a federal court if need be.<\/p>\n

\n\tSnoop is already using a different version of the same name in real life. He runs a Los Angeles dispensary named S.W.E.D., the acronymic version of the lyric, as well as Coffeeshop S.W.E.D. in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen it comes to the S.W.E.D. name, Snoop has had better luck with trademarks. He also applied to register that version, and the application has already been tentatively approved for registration.<\/p>\n

\n\tA representative for Snoop did not immediately return Billboard<\/em>\u2018s request for comment.<\/p>\n


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