Today, Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management announced that Minnesota’s final set of adult-use cannabis rules have been approved, will be publish in the State Register, and will go into effect later this month. After the...more
4/8/2025
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On Thursday, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management announced its intent to adopt expedited rules without a public hearing. According to the OCM, the expedited rules are “designed to regulate the adult-use cannabis,...more
1/13/2025
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Have you ever read a testimonial in an advertisement or the reviews on a product page and wondered if they were coming real customers? After a recent rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), you can be more...more
On July 31, 2024, Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management published its First Draft of Proposed Cannabis Rules. The proposed rules are not binding; rather, they are being published to solicit feedback from Minnesotans on...more
The Minnesota Legislature recently approved an amendment to its Adult-Use Cannabis Law, which accelerates the issuance of licenses to social equity applicants through a vetted lottery system, among other things. Gov. Tim...more
Third in a series on the Minnesota Adult-Use Cannabis Law. Read our first look at the law and our review of local control and moratoriums. Recreational use of marijuana has been legal in Minnesota for people over the age of...more
10/24/2023
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With more individuals and businesses entering the cannabis sector, there has been an increased interest in what kind of trademark protections a cannabis business can obtain. This article seeks to briefly cover what in the...more
Businesses considering entering the recreational marijuana market under Minnesota’s recently passed act creating a regime for adult-use cannabis would be wise to consider the state’s unique geography and local politics. While...more
Minnesota is set to become the nation’s 23rd state to legalize recreational cannabis.
The Minnesota State Senate approved on May 19, 2023, the final version of HF100 — a bill regulating adult-use cannabis for people 21...more
5/26/2023
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Late Tuesday night, on May 16, 2023, a House-Senate conference committee issued its approval and published an updated version of the Minnesota Adult-Use Recreational Cannabis Bill. A final vote on the bill could happen any...more
Yesterday, on April 25, 2023, the Minnesota House of Representatives voted to legalize the adult-use of recreational cannabis. The bill, which has been in the works since the start of this legislative session, was passed by a...more
Minnesota’s recreational adult-use cannabis bill, HF100 in the House and its companion SF 73 in the Senate, have now been approved in nine house and six senate committees respectively. Among the committees HF 100 has gone...more
Today, January 5, 2023, the Minnesota House of Representatives introduced its newest bill proposing the legalization of adult use cannabis in the State of Minnesota. As discussed in my blog post last week, the Minnesota House...more
This Sunday, the Washington Commanders are set to introduce their new mascot, which the team has indicated will either be a hog or a dog. The former, however, may lead to a trademark dispute between former Washington players...more
Whether to legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana has been a highly scrutinized topic for many years. A resolution in Minnesota could be on the horizon, however, as new developments in the Minnesota legislature...more
The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”), a BBB National Programs unit that monitors child targeted advertising, issued a compliance warning making clear it intends to enforce its advertising guidelines as equally in...more
As those involved in the world of trademark law likely know, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) publishes an immensely helpful Manual covering the practices and procedures of prosecuting or registering...more
This past month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a new examination guide regarding the burden an examining attorney must meet to refuse registration of an applied-for mark based on genericness....more
On September 13, 2021, the Minnesota Court of Appeals issued a decision upholding a drug conviction that has the potential to significantly harm Minnesota’s growing hemp industry. In State v. Loveless, the Court of Appeals...more
As you may recall, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a short supply of various products. Toilet paper, alcohol wipes, hand sanitizer, masks, and even flour were in such high demand, that some consumers would need to...more
Every day we are inundated with countless advertisements. TV ads, radio ads, internet ads, billboard ads. But have you stopped to think, what exactly qualifies as an advertisement? Luckily for us, the National Advertising...more
Can landlords, whose tenants infringe on others’ trademarks, be held liable for trademark infringement? According to the 11th Circuit, the answer is yes. In Luxottica Group v. Airport Mini Mall, LLC, the 11th Circuit...more
Most people, attorneys and non-attorneys alike, have heard of consumer protection agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC. Likely fewer, however, have heard of the National Advertising Division, or NAD. In short,...more
In the COVID-19 era, sports leagues have had to come up with creative ways to move forward with their seasons in a safe and stable environment. The solution for multiple leagues has been to create a “bubble,” in which...more
This week, the United States Supreme Court may have made it considerably easier for a trademark owner to recover lost profits from a trademark infringer. Specifically, the Court answered the question, posed in Romag...more