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Gorilla Glue, Inc. ‘Reverse Class-Action Suit’ Against All GG#4 Cultivators

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Robrites

CINCINNATI—“Just stop it,” says Gorilla Glue spokesman Nathan Mowdry from the company’s Cincinnati headquarters overlooking the Ohio River. “We’re asking cultivators to stop referring to their products as Gorilla Glue. It’s pretty straightforward here – we own the name, you don’t, so please quit calling it that.”
Mowdry says that Gorilla Glue Corp wants its hard-earned name recognition back, and says it’s fed up with the flood of emails and phone calls from people looking for marijuana seeds and “super dank clones.”
The popular cannabis strain – named after the Gorilla Glue fixative for its incredibly sticky resin production – hit the weed market hard this summer becoming the “it” strain of 2016. The varietal’s runaway success has seen subsequent powerhouse iterations (Gorilla Glue #2, #3, #4) catapulting the strain into iconic status alongside the likes of Girl Scout Cookies and Blue Dream.
The glue merchant, established a decade ago after the super-adhesive was first discovered being used on teak furniture in Indonesia, has reportedly slapped an injunction on all growers to “stop and desist growing of the Gorilla Glue strain,” says the law firm Dunn & Dunn, “or face fines and/or certain imprisonment.”
“We’ve been instructed by our client, particularly after the egregious success of Gorilla Glue #4,” says partner Morrie Dunn, “to recoup damages for the licensure of Gorilla Glue in conjunction with the production of marijuana. To that end, we’ve been directed by Gorilla Glue Corp to place a ‘reverse class-action lawsuit’ on all growers of the strain.”
Estimates put the number of Gorilla Glue plants tended in California alone this Fall at over 2 million units. The latest version, Gorilla Glue #5 – said to have the nose of a freshly opened canister of tennis balls – is sure to rock the glue company sideways once it begins appearing in outlets all over the U.S. this October.
“It’s difficult these days to find a pot cultivator who isn’t growing Gorilla Glue or looking for clones or seeds for their next run,” says dispensary specialist Mitchel Colbret of Harborside Health Center in Oakland. “We sell out of Gorilla Glue clones by 10am every day.”
Mowdry says the company is intent on regaining the revenue stolen from its shanghaied intellectual property. He also says Gorilla Glue Corp is putting out their own cannabis strain next year.
“It’ll be called Gorilla Glue #100,” says Mowdry. “We plan to make it with 100 percent THC. It’ll be incredibly strong, just like our glue. Hell, we may even put glue in it.”
http://www.cannabizoo.com/business/gorilla-glue-corp-files-lawsuit-stop-growing-gorilla-glue-strain/
 

cravin morehead

Active member
Veteran
that's funny. legally being able to register strains like the rest of the vegetable and flower industry would help put an end to such things

cm
 

Cannavore

Well-known member
Veteran
that site is basically The Onion but for weed news. 99.9% of the other articles are fake.
 

Douglas.Curtis

Autistic Diplomat in Training
If true, this won't end well for them. Can you imagine forking out cash to pursue this? Not a legal leg to stand on.
 
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Robrites

while its true this is taking place, that site is basically The Onion but for weed news. 99.9% of the other articles are fake.
This almost screams fake news. Figured I'd let those with inside information set the record straight.
 
Sounds like fake news. Especially the bit at the end with them making their own strain with 100% THC.

Someone is messing with Josey hard, at least I hope it's not real. I know Josey recieved a call from someone claiming to be lawyers and was supposed to be subpoenaed, but hasn't been yet afaik.

Any updates to this Josey?
 

yahooman

Well-known member
companies take their patents very seriously
i could see why a legit,successful company would not like their trademark name associated
with weed
 
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Robrites

companies take their patents very seriously
i could see why a legit,successful company would not like their trademark name associated
with weed
I agree. Which makes the part about growing their own strain BS.
 

Cannavore

Well-known member
Veteran
This almost screams fake news. Figured I'd let those with inside information set the record straight.

it's strange because there's only two sources that i can find that even mention gorilla glue wanting to sue, yet i have heard otherwise, hopefully JW sees this thread.

the first link, which is also the one you posted, has fake news articles posted for all their content. just go and look at the other articles on that site lol. and the second link is from May 2016.

http://www.cannabizoo.com/business/gorilla-glue-corp-files-lawsuit-stop-growing-gorilla-glue-strain/

http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/2016/05/the-wild-west-of-cannabis-trademarking/
 
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Robrites

it's strange because there's only two sources that i can find that even mention gorilla glue wanting to sue, yet i have heard otherwise, hopefully JW sees this thread.

the first link, which is also the one you posted, has fake news articles posted for all their content. just go and look at the other articles on that site lol. and the second link is from May 2016.

http://www.cannabizoo.com/business/gorilla-glue-corp-files-lawsuit-stop-growing-gorilla-glue-strain/

http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/2016/05/the-wild-west-of-cannabis-trademarking/
I'd say marijuana.com is the more credible source....

"Many credit Gorilla Glue to Las Vegas breeder, Josey Wales, however, he’s been near impossible to contact since the strain has risen in popularity. With the Gorilla Glue Company unable to track down Josey Wales, they searched online forums for someone they could consider liable. This is when they found TKO Reserve’s Instagram, flooded with mouth-watering images of the Gorilla Glue strain.
TKO Reserve’s lawyer then received a cease and desist letter from the Gorilla Glue Company. In the letter, the Gorilla Glue Company explains “while Mr.Wales is somewhat of a cult figure in the marijuana community, he is difficult to contact because his location is never publically disclosed.” It’s for this reason that the Gorilla Glue Company has dubbed TKO Reserve as “the grower of the ‘Gorilla Glue #4’ strain of marijuana.”
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TKO Reserve admits no involvement in the breeding or creation of Gorilla Glue. A couple of years ago, TKO Reserve found the cut of GG4 at a California Cannabis Cup and fell in love with growing the potent, humulene-rich strain."


Also, what the hell is humulene?
 

HqFarms

Member
Gg4 is just a accident and was never actually bred. Great things do come from bag seed though. Thank you to jw for passing it on but can we stop calling him a breeder though
 

Ready4

Active member
Veteran
Actually the GG strain. is great free advertising for the Gorilla Glue glue. Would be interesting to see if their glue sales have increased since notoriety about GG surfaced.
Maybe jw can get some $$ from the glue company for his big help !
 

yahooman

Well-known member
Actually the GG strain. is great free advertising for the Gorilla Glue glue. Would be interesting to see if their glue sales have increased since notoriety about GG surfaced.
Maybe jw can get some $$ from the glue company for his big help !

lol,i dont think so
 

Chunkypigs

passing the gas
Veteran
I'm posting this from Federal Prison where I'll spend the rest of my life for promoting clones and making seeds with Glue.

joesy is locked up in the SuperMaxx and Marr is in the wind.

the last picture of me as a free man right before the feds locked me up...
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burn all evidence of any GG#4 now! they will catch you too!

the Blue smoke gave me away!!!
 

TnTLabs

Active member
i dont know anything for a fact, but what i do know is that they got a patent, and they got it for a reason... to make money... so i believe the post about TKO having to cease growing it..
 
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