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Give Me Aphukenbrake* – USPTO Issues Examination Guide on Treatment of Scandalous Marks Following Supreme Court Case

We recently posted about the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24th holding in Iancu v. Brunetti, which upheld a ruling that the Lanham Act’s bar on the registration of scandalous or immoral marks is unconstitutional because it...more

Cannabis Shirt Battle Costs Iowa State Almost $1M

We previously posted about a four year legal battle that arose from a refusal by Iowa State University to let its school logos be used on t-shirts by an on-campus pro-cannabis group, and the free speech implications of this...more

Cannabis Branding and Free Speech Considerations

A recent out-of-court settlement following an 8th Circuit decision in Gerlich v. Leath highlights some of the unique legal issues that surround the branding of products in the cannabis space. In 2012, two students at Iowa...more

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