Law360 (June 11, 2020, 7:45 PM EDT) — CBD company Charlotte’s Web Inc. should not be allowed the sole right to market products using its namesake variety of low-THC cannabis since there is a bevy of public material indicating it is a generic strain of hemp that cannot be trademarked, a California federal court was told Thursday.

Rival CBD maker AAXLL Supply Co LLC, which does business as Balance CBD, said the name “Charlotte’s Web” has long been used by the industry to identify a particular strain of medicinal hemp and the eponymous company had no right to register trademarks in Colorado and California. The allegations appeared in an…