Our Intellectual Property Protection Publications

Explore our articles, legal insights, and resources focused on Intellectual Property Protection: trademarks, copyrights, patents, and strategies for your ideas.

  • Budding Opportunities: Cannabis Trademarks in the United States – In Intellectual Property and Cannabis, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

  • Value of a Cannabis Trademark Is More Than Just Bag Appeal – MJBizDaily, Oct 25, 2024.

  • Highs and Lows: Intellectual Property in the Cannabis Industry – TM Lawyer Magazine, Aug 3, 2022.

  • Curing the Nice Classification: Expanding Trademark Classes to Include Hemp & Cannabis Goods and Services – Mar 19, 2021.

  • Representing California Commercial Cannabis Clients – California Lawyers Association, Apr 18, 2018.

  • Cashing in on Cannabis: The Importance of Protecting Your Intellectual Property – American Bar Association, May 4, 2017.

  • A Loss of Freedom in Freetown – DOPE Magazine, Nov 1, 2016.
  • Exploring the West End: Cannabis Tourism in Negril – DOPE Magazine, Jul 1, 2016.

  • Contributor, Arcview Market Research Report: The State of Legal Marijuana Markets, 3rd Edition, 2014.

Speaking Engagements & Media Appearances on Intellectual Property Protection

Our attorneys regularly participate in speaking engagements, sharing insights on intellectual property protection, legal trends, and strategies to help businesses safeguard their innovations.

  • Planning for the Future of Cannabis Commerce – Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation, May 6, 2025.

  • Cannabis Lawyer Reveals How To Turn Your Cannabis Idea Into a LEGALLY PROTECTED Empire – Robertson Stash Podcast, 2025.

  • Karma Koala Podcast #133 – An Introductory Discussion About Cannabis and Intellectual Property, 2024.

  • International Cannabis Bar Association Global Cannabis IP Symposium, Montreal, Canada – International Treaties: Budding Opportunities with Cannabis Intellectual Property, 2023.

  • NORML Key West Legal Seminar – Panelist, 2023.
  • NORML Denver Legal Seminar – Navigating Cannabis IP, 2023.
  • Cannalaw Summit – Moderator, Current Trends in Cannabis Intellectual Property, 2023.

  • Webinar: Higher IP – Canadian Intellectual Property Requirements for Cannabis – California Lawyers Association, 2022.

  • Canna Say Something? – Podcast Episode 9, Nov 9, 2021.
  • LawTech Connect with Adriana Linares – Guest, 2021.

  • Problemas de Propiedad Intelectual en la Industria del Cannabis – Mexico’s International Business Cannabis Conference, Oct 2, 2019.

  • Canna Biz Formation – Casually Baked Podcast, Apr 16, 2019.
  • Cannabis IP Law – Learn Now or Pay Later – CannaBS Podcast, 2019.
  • Canada Legalizes Cannabis, and Now What? – Cannabis Business Minds Show, Oct 22, 2018.

  • Intellectual Property and the Cannabis Industry – Rastafari Rootz Fest, Negril, Jamaica, Dec 16, 2018.

  • Intellectual Property for Cannabis Start Ups – EuroAm Cannabis Business Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, Nov 1, 2017.

  • Cannabis Intellectual Property, Are You Protected? – Cannabis Business Minds Show, Nov 22, 2017.

  • Euro American Cannabis Conference – The Importance of Cannabis Intellectual Property, 2017.

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