Intellectual Property and Cannabis

Name: Intellectual Property and Cannabis
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035329380
Price: 1954.55 HKD
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Author: Natalie Corthesy; Enrico Bonadio; Yentyl Williams
ISBN: 9781035329380

Edited by Natalie Corthesy · Enrico Bonadio · Yentyl Williams

Edward Elgar Publishing June 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781035329380
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: June 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

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.

Chapters delve into key issues at the intersection of IP and cannabis, from branding and packaging to social equity concerns surrounding the rapid growth of the market. Contributing authors demonstrate the intricate contradictions between positive IP protection and cannabis regulation, drawing on case studies from jurisdictions where the product is legalised to varying degrees, including Canada, Jamaica, Uruguay, and the Netherlands. Covering different plant varieties, moral rights, and links between cannabis and traditional knowledge, this incisive book highlights the challenges of harmonising global cannabis laws while balancing innovation and tradition.

Providing novel interdisciplinary insights into the controversies and complexities of the law surrounding cannabis, this book is an essential read for students and academics in intellectual property law, pharmaceutical law, innovation and economics. It is also an invaluable toolkit for policymakers in governments and tribunals, as well as commercial entrepreneurs.

Foreword xiv; Spyros Maniatis; Acknowledgements xvi; Introduction to Intellectual Property and Cannabis 1; Natalie Corthésy, Enrico Bonadio and Yentyl Williams; PART I BRANDING; 1.
Budding opportunities: cannabis trademarks in the United: States 9; Luke Sebastian Zimmerman; 2.
“A bridge too far?”: trade mark protection for cannabisrelated products and services in the European Union 40: Marc Mimler; 3.
Geographical indications and cannabis 61: Yentyl Williams; PART II MORAL RIGHTS, IMAGE RIGHTS, PACKAGING, AND PLANT VARIETIES; 4.
Copyright, the moral right of integrity, and marijuana 81: Justin Koo; 5.
Marijuana and image rights 96: Emma Perot; 6.
Packaging of cannabis: a regulatory overview 120: Enrico Bonadio and Akshita Rohatgi; 7.
Protecting cannabis cultivars in the United States: utility patents, plant patents, and plant variety protection certificates 138: Larry Sandell; PART III CASE STUDIES; 8.
The development of an IP protection strategy for Jamaican: cannabis 161; Natalie Corthésy; 9.
The Canadian scenario 179: Cameron Hutchison; 10.
Cannabis regulation and IP rights in Uruguay 192: Maximiliano Marzetti; 11.
The Dutch scenario 211: 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 232: Marcus Goffe; 13.
The economics of intellectual property protection for cannabis: challenges, opportunities and the evolution of patents 272: Cristiano Cantore; 14.
Post-colonial justice in the post-prohibitionist market: a political economy view on IP and cannabis 294: Bryan Khan; 15.
A history and social anthropology of the African origins of Jamaica’s cannabis 322: Toby Leon Moorsom; Epilogue to Intellectual Property and Cannabis 359; Andrea Zappalaglio; Index 362