A plant patent is granted by the United States government to an inventor who has invented and asexually reproduced a distinct, novel variety of plant.…
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Whenever I speak at a cannabis industry conference, I spend some time discussing the importance of investing in intellectual property portfolios and preparing for the…
*This story was originally published in the October 2017 issue of Marijuana Venture, on sale now at a store near you. The good news for…
Β With the legalization of marijuana in California, trademark protection issues will erupt like never before. Roughly 30 states have now legalized medical or recreational marijuana.…
While a handful of companies have already begun national expansion, federal restrictions on trademarks have been a major roadblock to building brands within the cannabis…
Patent law differs from copyrights and trademarks By Michael Brubaker and Samuel Terpstra Many members of the cannabis industry have labored under the misconception that…
By Neil Juneja In this edition, we will be looking at the procedure of filing a patent. As we discussed in the November 2014 issue…
By Colleen Hannigan When Washington voters passed Initiative 502 in 2012, they not only legalized non-medical marijuana use by Washington adults β they also opened…
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