Cannabis,
Intellectual Property
Apr. 12, 2023
Cannabis trademarks
As with most things in the cannabis industry, brand protection is more challenging than it would be for a non-cannabis company.





David Schnider
Co-Managing Partner
Nolan Heimann LLP.
16000 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 1200
Encino , CA 91436
Email: dschnider@nolanheimann.com
Over the past twenty years, 37 states have legalized medical marijuana and 21 states have legalized recreational use. Despite that trend, at the federal level cannabis remains a Schedule 1 narcotic that cannot be possessed, sold, or distributed under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § 801, et. seq. (the CSA). As a result, the most common tool for brand protection, federal trademark registration, is unavailable for cannabis products. Federal tra...
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