{"id":206,"date":"2019-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/lg\/2019\/06\/27\/the-cannabis-goldrush-and-the-ip-landgrab-trends-in-cannabis-patenting\/"},"modified":"2019-06-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T00:00:00","slug":"the-cannabis-goldrush-and-the-ip-landgrab-trends-in-cannabis-patenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/lg\/patents\/the-cannabis-goldrush-and-the-ip-landgrab-trends-in-cannabis-patenting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cannabis Goldrush and the IP Landgrab: Trends in Cannabis Patenting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was honored to be a panelist at the New York City Bar Association\u2019s event \u201cThe Cannabis Goldrush and the IP Landgrab\u201d this week.\u00a0 The title of my presentation was \u201cTrends in Cannabis Patenting.\u201d\u00a0 I began with examples of the three types of patent (utility, design, and plant) before moving onto the somewhat related Plant Variety Protection Act.\u00a0 I then turned to the utility requirement for patents and argued,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/lg\/2066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as described here<\/a>, that cannabis patents might lack the \u201cutility\u201d requirement for patentability in view of the Controlled Substances Act.\u00a0 I also argued that applicants could potentially rely on \u201cunexpected results\u201d to establish non\u2011obviousness, a predicate of patentability.\u00a0 Subsequently, I described an <em>ad hoc<\/em> study of the claims of issued U.S. patents.\u00a0 The study identified 332 patents for \u201ccannabis,\u201d 309 patents for \u201ctetrahydrocannabinol,\u201d and 181 patents for \u201ccannabidiol,\u201d the latter two terms being the best\u2011known active ingredients of cannabis.\u00a0 Of those 181 patents, the study found that over twenty\u2011five percent issued to GW Pharmaceuticals plc or related entities and partners.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/lg\/3077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This publicly\u2011traded British company<\/a> recently received U.S. regulatory approval for <a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/lg\/3078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPIDIOLEX\u00ae<\/a>, a preparation of cannabidiol, in connection with the treatment of two forms of childhood epilepsy.\u00a0 My presentation concluded with commentary on Tilray Inc.\u2019s agreement with a division of Novartis AG \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/lg\/3079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to develop and distribute its medical marijuana in legal jurisdictions around the world<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 Other panelists discussed patent enforcement, trademark issues in view of the Controlled Substances Act, and ethical matters for lawyers in the cannabis space.<\/p>\n<section class=\"post_content\">If you have any questions about this post or any other related matters, please feel free to contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/lg\/863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cannabis Law Practice Group<\/a>.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was honored to be a panelist at the New York City Bar Association\u2019s event \u201cThe Cannabis Goldrush and the IP Landgrab\u201d this week.\u00a0 The title of my presentation was \u201cTrends in Cannabis Patenting.\u201d\u00a0 I began with examples of the three types of patent (utility, design, and plant) before moving onto the somewhat related Plant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[108,3,5,186,187,188,175,13],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.1 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - 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