Klutch Sports Group, a high-profile sports agency that represents LeBron James, is suing Klutch Cannabis, an Akron cannabis cultivator and retailer, for trademark infringement, unfair competition, counterfeiting and other claims.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court on Tuesday by Klutch Sports against Klutch Cannabis, says the Akron company’s name and branding materials are an “obvious and willful” attempt to profit from the “hard-won goodwill” of the agency’s figureheads, who have deep ties to the area.
The sports agency opened eight years before the cannabis company…