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Cannabis has become a growing sector for investment with increased focus by investors and entrepreneurs. See our colleague’s impressions from the 2022 MJ BizCon cannabis conference here. With the increased funding pouring into this sector has come a desire to protect the intellectual property in the products, research, and developments brought to market. Previously, patents—a limited monopoly allowing a patent holder to bar competitors from making/using/selling/importing a claimed system or method—were of limited use for those in the cannabis industry.…

Continue Reading What CannI Say? Litigating Cannabis Patents In District Court

A Colorado federal jury sided with the owner of a state-licensed cannabis cultivation business last Wednesday in a federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) suit brought against him by his neighbors.

In 2015, Michael and Hope Reilly brought a federal RICO lawsuit in Colorado against Parker Walton and his cannabis cultivation operation that neighbored their property. The Reillys…

Continue Reading Judgment Rendered in Favor of Grower in First Civil RICO Trial for Cannabis Industry

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

The big news this week comes from Colorado, where a cannabusiness has come out on the winning side of a lawsuit over declining property values.

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Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 2, 2018

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

Probably the biggest news this week was the dismissal of the lawsuit over the scheduling of marijuana.

A federal judge on…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: March 2, 2018