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The Toronto Maple Leafs and rapper Snoop Dogg are in an unlikelylegal skirmish over branding and logos.

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The Leafs have filed paperwork in an attempt to block Snoop, aka Calvin Broadus, from using the logo for his new cannabis brand “Leafs by Snoop,” in collaboration with Canadian LP giant Tweed (Canopy Growth) which the NHL team claims bears a striking resemblance to their own.

As reported by The Independent, the legal squabble started last July when Snoop filed for a trademark to protect the branding, logo and intellectual property of his cannabis start-up.

Pentagram, the design firm hired by Snoop to create the Leafs by Snoop logo, says that the image was created “to appeal to a wide audience” while displaying Snoop’s “unique personality and style.”

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The hockey team claims that “the unusual spelling of Leafs could lead to confusion,” particularly on top of a maple leaf, and filed an opposition at the end of 2018.