第一修正案或可助大麻企业击退商标侵权指控
Editor’s Note: A version of this article by Fred Rocafort was first published on Law360. The U.S. Constitution’s free speech protections, found in the First Amendment, may present a legal recourse for cannabis brands in trouble for using marks that are similar to famous trademarks. To be clear, a free speech argument will not be
商标侵权诉讼案例研究：巴德叔叔
在我们近期举办的知识产权网络研讨会之后，收到了一些关于商标侵权诉讼在法庭上如何展开的现实案例请求。幸运的是（或者不幸的是，这取决于你的看法），商标侵权诉讼案件几乎每天都在全国各地提起，而这起案件正是最近提交的。
大麻专利估值中的独特挑战
Patents are increasingly a significant proportion of a cannabis company’s claimed valuation. As cannabis companies identify ways to differentiate their business from competitors, patents play an important role in ensuring that competitors cannot duplicate their products or processes. Patents are often used to insulate products from direct competition by building temporary barriers to prevent competitors
Delta-8是合法的，但……
就在上周，美国第九巡回上诉法院维持了下级法院的裁决，认定2018年《农业法案》已将源自大麻的Δ-8四氢大麻酚产品合法化。第九巡回法院认为："《农业法案》清晰明确的文本内容，迫使我们得出结论：本案所涉Δ-8四氢大麻酚产品属于合法范畴。"
有时，对版权侵权的戏仿抗辩确实有效！
作为大麻知识产权诉讼律师，我的工作之一就是协助客户进行成本效益与风险分析。我和同事们曾撰写多篇关于大麻知识产权诉讼中"戏仿"抗辩的博文，阐述为何这种抗辩具有高度特殊性，而人们往往在多数案件中过度使用它。尽管如此——
主要食品饮料企业谴责大麻仿冒品
Last week, a coalition of major food and beverage companies (self-identified as “consumer packaged goods companies”) asked Congress to do more about the growing number of copycat THC edible products and counterfeit trademarks piggybacking off of their well-known items. The letter was signed by the Consumer Brands Association and fourteen other associations and companies, including
言论自由与大麻品牌
Could the First Amendment’s free speech protections offer a lifeline to cannabis brands hauled into court for trademark infringement for using parody trademarks? In some cases, it might. For readers unfamiliar with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, it reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
大麻专利问答
It should come as no surprise that the number of applications for cannabis patents has been steadily increasing in recent years. In this post we discuss the basics of the subject, with a focus in the United States. While patent systems usually bear some similarities, some of the details may be different in other countries.
大麻商标：合法使用要求本身是否合法？
Is the lawful use requirement for trademarks lawful? In a recent Vanderbilt Law Review article, Robert A. Mikos compellingly argues that it is not. The article is a must-read for anyone interested in the topic of cannabis trademarks, but highlights a problem that goes far beyond cannabis, and indeed trademark law. For those unfamiliar with