One of the most important, yet often overlooked, steps in building a successful cannabis brand is securing trademark protection. While cannabis businesses face significant hurdles…
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A district court judge in California in August ruled against a cannabis company in a trademark dispute, ordering that Steven Mata of edibles company OC420…
In the past few years1 we have reviewed decades of cannabis-centric2 patent data to identify and analyze U.S. patent trends in the cannabis industry. Given…
A patent lawsuit over extraction methods involving two of the largest cannabis companies in the world sent ripples of worry through the industry earlier this…
There are a number of ways to protect cannabis inventions, innovations and strains with U.S. and international law. Utility patents, plant patents, the Plant Variety…
Cannabis industry insiders commonly joke that a year working in cannabis is like a dog year in any other business, because things are constantly changing.…
It has been four months since the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) clarified how it will handle trademarks for hemp and hemp-derived CBD products,…
Brands are often a company’s most valuable asset and will be key to the developing cannabis industry. For example, in 2018, Interbrand, a global branding…
Trademark practitioners, hemp growers and hemp-derived product manufacturers have long struggled with the clash of federal and state laws regarding protection of trademarks. Historically, the…
There’s a common misconception in the cannabis industry that it is not possible to obtain federal trademark protection for brands. In fact, it is possible,…