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Intellectual Property

Brands, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets are critical assets to any business, especially in the nascent cannabis industry. Vicente LLP helps marijuana and hemp entrepreneurs obtain and protect their intellectual property with a variety of customizable services.

Our IP team has extensive experience in the field, and we maintain a strategic relationship with counsel who previously worked as an examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. They were drawn to Vicente LLP because of its role as a leader on cannabis law and policy, as well as our entrepreneurial spirt and authentic passion for the cannabis industry.

Vicente LLP has spent years working with cannabis and hemp brands, assisting with business strategy, agreement drafting and review, and trademark clearance and registration at both the state and federal levels. We have filed and registered dozens of federal and state trademark applications for cannabis, hemp, and CBD businesses, as well as writing and lecturing about the topics. We also actively monitor the latest cannabis regulatory and policy changes and their applications to trademark, copyright and other intellectual property protection strategies to ensure our clients maintain their position on the leading edge of this quickly evolving industry.

LEADERSHIP

Founding Partner

Trademark Counsel

Services

Trademarks

  • Trademark Selection
  • Brand clearance and protection strategies
  • Federal trademark clearance
  • State trademark clearance
  • USPTO trademark applications
  • State trademark applications
  • Trade dress applications
  • International trademark applications
  • USPTO Office Action Response
  • Trademark Registration Maintenance and Renewals
  • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board litigation
  • Trademark disputes and enforcement, including trademark demands and litigation
  • Trademark monitoring
  • Trade Secret protection strategies
  • Trademark portfolio management
  • UDRP proceedings
  • Trademark Licensing Agreements
  • Trademark Consent Agreements
  • Trademark Assignment Agreements

Copyright

  • Federal copyright registration
  • Copyright Claims Board Litigation
  • Copyright infringement litigation
  • Copyright Licensing Agreements
  • Copyright Assignment Agreements
  • Fair Use Analysis
  • Copyright demand letter issuance and defense

News

Cannabis Trademarks 101

By Erik Pelton, Jeffrey Welsh
Nov 13, 2020

In an industry that runs on innovation and differentiation, a cannabis brand’s identity is among its most valuable—and most prone to copying—assets.

Trademark Protection for Cannabis, Hemp and CBD Brands

Dec 11, 2019

What brand protection options are available for businesses in the cannabis, hemp, CBD or related industries? Watch this presentation to better understand the tactics your business can implement to increase protection for brand names, logos, and slogans.

In the Media