Venable: Approaching 420: A Look at the Current Cannabis-Related Trademark Landscape a Year After the USPTO’s Release of Examination Guidelines
Products involving CBD and hemp seeds have been rapidly flooding the market in the United States, and businesses have sought and are seeking to protect their brands in connection with products in this emerging market, given the legalization of various forms of...
Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli: Cannabis & Sustainable Development. Paving the way for the next decade in Cannabis and hemp policies
Subtitled…. “Recommendations for the implementation of Cannabis policies aligned with international Human Rights standards, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 2016 UNGASS outcome document”, this report explains how the reform of hemp and...
Heather Burke – Origin LLP: A 2020 Debt Collection Primer for California Cannabis Farmers
In the first few years of regulated cannabis activity in California, many (if not most) cannabis farmers did not get paid for their product on time and, in some cases, they didn’t get paid at all. Debt collection quickly became a hot topic, as unpaid farmers waded...
Harris Beach: New York State Extends Hemp Pilot Program, Though “Gray Area” Lingers For Industry
Weeks before the program was set to expire, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets revived it, issuing a decision extending it through September 30, 2021, without a participant cap. The extension parallels U.S. Congress’s passing of a resolution...
King & Spalding: France – Trial Period for Medical Use of Cannabis-Based Products
France is finally moving forward on the medical use of cannabis. At the end of 2019, Law No. 2019-1446 indicated that French law would allow for a trial for medical use of cannabis-based products. The decree and implementing ministerial order [arrêté] establishing the...Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers
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