Goods and Services and Canna Trademarks

By Fred Rocafort, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Goods and services (G&S) identifications are a critical part of a cannabis trademark application, as with any other trademark application. An improper identification can delay an application, and in the worst cases prove…

Registering Your Trademarks: A How-To Guide

By Fred Rocafort, Attorney at Harris Bricken Registering your trademarks is a critical step for protecting your brand – but it’s definitely not easy to figure out without experience. Trademarks are unique identifiers, most often company or product names or…

Brand Market Expansion: Negotiating IP Licensing Deals – What’s Involved

April 12, 2023
Erik Ott
Intellectual Property, Marketing, Spotlight
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The cannabis industry has reached peak expansion mode as brands and licensed operators across the states form IP licensing agreements to enter new markets. While there are many different approaches to brand expansion, as we have begun to document in…

Trademark Litigation: Happi Hour is Over

by Jihee Awn, Attorney at Harris Bricken We’ve seen a steady stream of trademark litigation in the cannabis space for quite some time now, and it’s as good a time as any to remind our readers that parody is not…

Brand Building In The Cannabis Industry

The North American cannabis market – while still in its early days – has changed a lot in the past few years. Canada legalised recreational use of the drug in 2018 and to date 16 US states have fully legalised…

Recommended Order Clarifies Not All Marijuana Businesses Should Be Denied Trademark Protection

by Jihee Ahn, Attorney at Harris Bricken Last summer, we reported on the trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Veritas Fine Cannabis (“VFC”) against Veritas Farms here and here. In late August, I had reported Veritas Farms filed a motion to…

Cannabis Patents: Which Type is Right for You?

By Jihee Ahn, Attorney at Harris Bricken It’s been a little while since we’ve talked about patent protection on the blog, but a recent consultation reminded me a primer on the different types of patents potentially available could be beneficial.…

Colorado’s Veritas Fine Cannabis Sues Nevada Cannabis Company for Trademark Infringement

by Alison Malsbury, Attorney at Harris Bricken Over the last couple of years, our firm has seen a massive uptick in cannabis-related trademark litigation, and have handled many of these disputes on behalf of our clients, both as stand-alone matters…

How to make sure your cannabis is the real deal?

May 4, 2020
John Shearman
Compliance and Regulations, Intellectual Property, Marketing
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This same question is asked by many consumers across various categories of products we consume everyday. Do I really know the chicken I’m about to buy is raised on a free-range farm? Is the medicine I’m about to take authentic?…

Protecting the Future of Cannabis Biotechnology

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…

Goods and Services and Canna Trademarks

Registering Your Trademarks: A How-To Guide

Brand Market Expansion: Negotiating IP Licensing Deals – What’s Involved

Trademark Litigation: Happi Hour is Over

Brand Building In The Cannabis Industry

Recommended Order Clarifies Not All Marijuana Businesses Should Be Denied Trademark Protection

Cannabis Patents: Which Type is Right for You?

Colorado’s Veritas Fine Cannabis Sues Nevada Cannabis Company for Trademark Infringement

How to make sure your cannabis is the real deal?

Protecting the Future of Cannabis Biotechnology

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