大麻商标诉讼:谨慎行事
联邦大麻商标诉讼向来是棘手难题。近期由Wunderwerks公司提起的诉讼案再次印证了这一困境——该公司主营添加CBD与THC成分的饮料。至少在联邦法院层面,大麻产业仍未获得司法支持。Wunderwerks公司此前曾起诉Dual Beverage Company LLC(简称"DBC")...
联邦大麻商标诉讼向来是棘手难题。近期由Wunderwerks公司提起的诉讼案再次印证了这一困境——该公司主营添加CBD与THC成分的饮料。至少在联邦法院层面,大麻产业仍未获得司法支持。Wunderwerks公司此前曾起诉Dual Beverage Company LLC(简称"DBC")...
大麻行业近来商标诉讼层出不穷,此时正是提醒读者:戏仿不能作为商标侵权的抗辩理由。原告Big Beverage, Inc.和Happy Hour Drinks Company, Inc.(以“Happy”为商号)在周一提交的诉状中
Rafael Arcuri, Henrique Coelho, and Marcelo De Vita Greco just penned a great article in Consultor Jurídico on the denials by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of applications to register cannabis trademark on the grounds that they offend morality and good customs. The basis for these denials is Article 124(III) of Brazil’s Industrial
我们在此经常报道名人支持的大麻企业如何正确经营(有时也犯错),但最近一起侵权案证明并非所有名人都有意涉足该行业——更不应理所当然地认为他们会乐于利用自身名气为其造势。Solar Therapeutics
在我们密切关注的一起案件中,加州地区法院法官近日驳回了大麻公司Capna Intellectual的动议。该动议旨在驳回烟草巨头ITG Brands针对其"KOOL"品牌提出的淡化索赔。ITG的品牌标识使用"KOOL OOs",而Capna的品牌标识使用"BLOOM OOs"。回顾背景:2020年12月,ITG曾——
美国专利商标局拒绝注册非大麻产品商标以及某些工业大麻CBD产品的政策,体现了其教条主义的过度做法,最终将损害美国民众的安全。随着大麻产业持续融入主流商业领域,将商标权延伸至大麻企业产品至关重要。
2020年无论从个人还是商业角度来看,对我们所有人来说都堪称一场冲击,但2021年的形势正变得大为好转,特别是对华盛顿州的大麻企业而言。在过去的三个月里,我与许多客户及潜在客户就并购活动进行了深入探讨。相关咨询的数量正在迅速增加
The latest case of trademark infringement involving a cannabis company provides a great illustration of a trademark concept that can be difficult to convey to clients, which is the concept of “likelihood of confusion” where two marks are not identical, or even all that close to identical. According to news reports, “Menthol cigarette brand Kool
Earlier this month, Circle K Stores Inc., owner and operator of the chain of Circle K convenience stores, filed a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) Notice of Opposition against Medical Marijuana, Inc., a California company with a pending U.S. federal trademark application for the following design mark (the “MM ‘K’ Mark”): The MM “K”