Baker Hostetler: While CBD is Widely Available, Registering Marks for Ingestibles with CBD is Not
AUTHOR Robert Horowitz February 23, 2022 In two recent decisions, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) made it abundantly clear that attempting to register a mark for ingestibles containing cannabidiol (CBD) likely will be an exercise in futility. In In re...
Troutman Pepper: The Status of Cannabis Legalization in the South
While cannabis legalization moves full steam ahead through much of the Northeast, the southeastern U.S. has been notably slow to uptake major reforms. These states haven’t made major headlines for their progressive cannabis policies, but together they constitute a...
Foley Hoag LLP: Massachusetts Legislature Plans Big Changes for Cannabis Policy in the Commonwealth
Foley Hoag LLP Massachusetts Legislature Plans Big Changes for Cannabis Policy in the Commonwealth February 15th, 2022 by Cloe Pippin Last week, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy (the “Committee”) released a new cannabis bill (H 174/S 72, the...
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP: Bankruptcy Court Won’t Dabble in Case Concerning a Marijuana Business
“[E]nsnared between his involvement in a business that is legal under the laws of Arizona but illegal under federal law,” one debtor’s chapter 13 petition was recently dismissed due to his undisputed violations of the Controlled Substances Act. In November 2020,...
BCL Solicitors LLP: The UK’s Doomed Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill
10 February 2022 by David Hardstaff and John Binns BCL Solicitors LLP BCL Senior Associate, David Hardstaff and Partner, John Binns write for Open Access Government exploring the UK’s doomed Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill. *Here is a short extract from the article: It...Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers
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