Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Lights-Up Applications for Marijuana-Related Products
The importance of protecting one’s brand name is common knowledge across all industries (See clip of Frank Lucas in American Gangster). In a precedential decision the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) recently declined another mark within the marijuana industry, holding that the United States… Read More
Equity Crowdfunding is Here, but Where is the Crowd?
In April of 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law. Congress’s intent was to make it easier for small businesses to raise money by easing regulatory burdens on raising capital. As part of the JOBS Act, the Securities and… Read More