Obtaining IP Protection for Cannabis Consumer Packaged Goods September 2, 2021 Steven Schain Intellectual Property 0 Comments How do you protect intellectual property rights in an insanely lucrative, nearly legal ingredient poised to detonate the consumer packaged goods (CPGs) industry? While the Wall Street Journal reports that cannabis 2020’s domestic sales exceeded $20 billion, and despite being… Read More→
Legalized But Not Recognized: Brand Protection Without Federal Registration, Part 3 June 8, 2020 Jeffrey Johnson Intellectual Property 0 Comments In articles I and II of our three-part series we provided a brief overview of the obstacles cannabis businesses face in protecting their brand identity and a range of federal-law-based solutions to those challenges. In this third and final article,… Read More→
Protecting the Future of Cannabis Biotechnology May 4, 2020 Emily Gant Intellectual Property, Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Emily Gant and Ben Hodges As cannabis continues to grow in popularity and legalization expands, the competition in the market continues to grow as well. One way to carve out an advantage for any business is savvy intellectual property… Read More→
What You Need to Know – How Trademarks Related to Cannabis Can be Protected December 15, 2017 Dan Bliss Policy & Legal 0 Comments Suppose that you want to federally register a trademark that identifies a source of goods or services related to your cannabis business. What if the trademark covers merchandise indirectly related to cannabis or products directly related to the use of cannabis?… Read More→