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Doobie-ous Competition: How a Cannabis Company Can Use Employment Agreements to Protect Intellectual Property

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In the trademark context, for instance, an employee can quit their job at a Michigan cannabis company, move to California, and establish an identical cannabis company—using the exact same trademarks and branding. He can be reached at 248-631-2050 or MJotanovic@dickinsonwright.com. His bio can be viewed here.

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How To Protect Your Cannabis Trademarks in a Legal Landscape That Is Half-Baked

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In our previous post, we discussed how a cannabis business can take steps to avoid potential trademark infringement claims. In this release, we will discuss how a cannabis business can use trademarks for brand protection – despite the fact that federal law prohibits filing a cannabis-related trademark.

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Avoiding a Bad Trip: How Cannabis Companies Can Mitigate the Risk of an Infringement Lawsuit

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Yet cannabis businesses continue to grapple with protecting their brands, as trademark protection at the federal level remains unavailable. The current hodgepodge of state trademark regimes will undoubtedly result in litigation and a race to register federal marks once Congress legalizes cannabis.

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Cambodia and its RCEP Accession

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By 2050, the predicted $0.5 The garment and export business in Cambodia must create more useful service activities including branding, marketing, and sourcing in order for it to advance up the value chain. quadrillion worldwide (GDP, PPP) may be accounted for by half of the global economy as a whole thanks to the RCEP.