Cannabis Companies and State Trademarks: A Match Made in Heaven
While there are the aforementioned drawbacks to state trademark registrations, they do offer some benefits that a federal trademark registration does not.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | Mar 2, 2018 | March 2018 | 0
While there are the aforementioned drawbacks to state trademark registrations, they do offer some benefits that a federal trademark registration does not.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | Dec 3, 2017 | Cannabis Law Journal, December 2017 | 0
Patents are an important tool for businesses to secure a competitive advantage, particularly for companies in an emerging industry such as the cannabis industry. Contrary to popular belief, cannabis and cannabis-related inventions are not only are patentable, but the number of patents and applications being filed in this area is growing steadily.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | Dec 1, 2017 | December 2017 | 0
Authored By Attorneys for Freedom, law firm of Marc J. Victor Arizona Freedom Summit I...
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | Aug 31, 2017 | Default, September 2017 | 0
Legal adult-use marijuana is associated with risks that may cause bodily injury and property damage. Many of these risks have been well documented and widely discussed in the media, including theft, fire, motor vehicle accidents and consumption-related injuries. The potential for an increase in the number and value of cannabis-related product liability claims and lawsuits, however, is of particular concern to the cannabis and insurance industries. The production, distribution and sale of an ingestible product that has psychoactive effects – accompanied by a wide range of anticipated labeling and marketing representations – will certainly result in robust product liability litigation.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | May 29, 2017 | June 2017 | 0
They said it would never happen. They said the General Assembly was too conservative. They said Pennsylvania, a state where until recently the sale of booze on Sundays was frowned upon, would never permit and regulate medical marijuana. Well, one year after Governor Wolf signed Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (“Act”) into law, it has become abundantly clear – they were wrong.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | May 29, 2017 | June 2017 | 0
Schools in jurisdictions that have legalized medical marijuana find themselves in a perfect storm of legislative conflict that put them in an almost impossible position.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | May 29, 2017 | Default | 0
The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et seq. (the “Act”), was enacted and signed into law by Governor Jon S. Corzine in January 2010, days before Governor Chris Christie took office.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | May 29, 2017 | June 2017 | 0
Our politicians can’t have it both ways and I don’t know about you, but I am tired of listening to the BS spewed by our elected officials. Its late 2017 and not just 70+% of America, but the world recognizes the health, psychological, medicinal and recreational benefits of cannabis.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | Mar 2, 2017 | March 2017 | 0
You might not know this, but you may have jumped into a tar pit disguised as a beautiful blue hole.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | Mar 1, 2017 | March 2017 | 0
States that consider legalizing marijuana solely as a governmental revenue stream may want to lower expectations and budget accordingly.
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | Feb 24, 2017 | March 2017 | 0
Mr. Spicer’s words were directed at arguably the fastest growing sector of the U.S. economy: recreational marijuana. He was clear that his statements applied to the recreational sector only…….
Read Moreby Sean Hocking | Dec 1, 2016 | December 2016 | 0
Authored By: Anne van Leynseele NWMJ Law PLLCFounding Attorney | 119 1st Ave. South, Suite 420 |...
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