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Do Cannabis Patents Lack Utility?

More Than Your Mark

Cannabis-related U.S. patents have been issued since at least the mid-1990s. But if the only way to practice a cannabis patent involves breaking federal law, does the patent lack utility? See our post, “ What’s the Use – Do Cannabis Patents Have Utility? ,” on our cannabis law blog, Legally Grown , to read more. If you have any questions about this post or any other related matters, please contact us at info@norris-law.com.

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Greenspoon Marder Client Alert: Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Scandalous Trademarks in Iancu v. Brunetti

Greenspoon Marder LLP

By Sharon Urias, Esq. It is not every day that the United States Supreme Court strikes down a federal law that has been in effect for decades. That is exactly what happened today, when the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that the portion of the Lanham Act banning “immoral or scandalous” material, codified in 1947, was a violation […] The post Greenspoon Marder Client Alert: Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Scandalous Trademarks in Iancu v.

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Some Light at the End of the Bankruptcy Tunnel

GDB Firm Blog

Even after dragging a foreclosure through state court, with the end in sight, there is frequently one last indignity - a bankruptcy filing. When the borrower is a married couple, two bankruptcy filings, the second one after the first one is complete, can make things even worse. A federal district judge, and then the United States Court of Appeals in Wisconsin, finally had enough with these tactics.

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The Conversation Regarding Conversion: Will Co-Op And Condo Conversion Become Obsolete?

GDB Firm Blog

?The New York real estate industry has been confronted with the most sweeping and aggressive tenant protections in the state's history under the 2019 Tenant Protection Act. While the new rules are generally aimed at protecting renters, they also stand to have a significant impact on New York City's condos and co-ops, specifically with regard to conversions.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?