The USPTO promulgated new rules on August 3, 2019, requiring foreign entities applying for a trademark registration to retain U.S.-based counsel for filing and prosecution of the trademark...
U.S. Patent No. 10,245,237 B2 (‘237) issued on April 2, 2019, for “Compressed Tablet Containing Cannabidiol, Method for its Manufacture and Use of Such Tablet in Oral Treatment of Psychosis or...
On August 26, 2019, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced an expansion of a federal program allowing legalized cannabis research, by allowing additional applications from cannabis...
Source: U.S. Patent No. 10,337,029 B2, July 2, 2019, to Jennifer A. Doudna, Martin Jinek, Krzysztof Chylinski, Emmanuelle Charpentier (inventors); Regents of the University of California, University...
Source: U.S. Patent D489,299 S, May 4, 2004, Craig Metros, Patrick J. Schiavone, & Tyler J. Blake (inventors); Ford Global Technologies, LLC (assignee) On July 23, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the...
On June 25, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down CellSpin Soft, Inc. v. Fitbit, Inc., in what is an important case dealing with patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101,...
Monsanto Corp., the Big Ag company which manufactures the weed killer ROUNDUP®, and was the loser in three California jury trials which $2.48 billion in potential damages, in which all the plaintiffs...
U.S. Patent No. PP30,434 P3 (‘434) issued on April 23, 2019, for “Cannabis Plant Named ‘LW-BB1’.” It was issued to inventors Andrew Alfred, Ian Dumpert, and Christopher Chapdeline of Denver,...
Source: U.S. Patent No. 5,859,601, Jan. 12, 1999, to Jaekyun Moon & Barrett J. Brickner (inventors); Regents of the University of Minnesota (assignee) On June 14, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the...
U.S. Patent No. 10,265,362 B2 (‘362) issued on April 23, 2019, for “Ingestible Films Having Substances From Hemp or Cannabis.” It was issued to applicant/inventor Scott Schaneville, of St....