Intellectual property and cannabis / edited by Natalie Corthésy, Enrico Bonadio, and Yentyl Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corthésy, Natalie, editor.

Bonadio, Enrico, editor.

Williams, Yentyl, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cannabis--Economic aspects.

Cannabis.

Marijuana--Law and legislation.

Marijuana.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 375 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2025]

Summary:

This pioneering book explores the relationship between intellectual property (IP) and cannabis. Expert scholars from across the globe reflect on the legal, cultural, and socio-economic significance of cannabis, addressing the difficulties of adapting legal frameworks to this unique and multifaceted product.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword / Spyros Maniatis

Acknowledgements

Introduction to intellectual property and cannabis / Natalie Corthésy, Enrico Bonadio and Yentyl Williams

Part I: Branding

1. Budding opportunities: Cannabis trademarks in the United States / Luke Sebastian Zimmerman

2. "A bridge too far?": Trade mark protection for cannabis related products and services in the European Union / Marc Mimler

3. Geographical indications and cannabis / Yentyl Williams

Part II: Moral rights, image rights, packaging, and plant varieties

4. Copyright, the moral right of integrity, and marijuana / Justin Koo

5. Marijuana and image rights / Emma Perot

6. Packaging of cannabis: A regulatory overview / Enrico Bonadio and Akshita Rohatgi

7. Protecting cannabis cultivars in the United States: Utility patents, plant patents, and plant variety protection certificates / Larry Sandell

Part III: Case studies

8. The development of an ip protection strategy for jamaican cannabis / Natalie Corthésy

9. The canadian scenario / Cameron Hutchison

10. Cannabis regulation and IP rights in Uruguay / Maximiliano Marzetti

11. The dutch scenario / Lotte Anemaet

Part IV: Developmental, economic, and sociological analysis

12. Traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and cannabis: An indigenous rights-based access and benefitsharing framework / Marcus Goffe

13. The economics of intellectual property protection for cannabis: Challenges, opportunities and the evolution of patents / Cristiano Cantore

14. Post-colonial justice in the post-prohibitionist market: A political economy view on ip and cannabis / Bryan Khan

15. A historical and sociological anthropology of the African origins of jamaican cannabis / Toby Leon Moorsom

Epilogue to intellectual property and cannabis / Andrea Zappalaglio

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Intellectual property and cannabis.

ISBN:

9781035329397

1-03-532939-5

OCLC:

1521204191