January 11, 2022
CBD company Pure Hemp Collective said on Monday that it would take its bid for nearly $300,000 in legal fees stemming from a patent infringement suit to the Federal Circuit after a lower court judge ruled that an award was not warranted in this case.
May 06, 2021
United Cannabis Corp. is fighting CBD company Pure Hemp Collective's bid for $300,000 in attorney fees after United Cannabis dropped a patent infringement suit against the company, arguing it has no liability because Pure Hemp willingly dropped its claims as well.
April 01, 2021
United Cannabis Corp. is dropping its patent suit against rival Pure Hemp Collective, cutting short the closely watched litigation after the company's bankruptcy petition was thrown out over its connection to a federally illegal substance.
April 22, 2020
A Colorado federal court has shut down a closely watched CBD patent infringement suit filed by United Cannabis Corp. while the company undergoes Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying it doesn't make sense to proceed with half the case automatically stayed.
March 06, 2020
The CBD companies at the heart of the country's first infringement suit involving a cannabis patent told a Colorado federal judge Thursday their dispute could come down to about $4,000 in royalties — but neither side is backing down.
February 06, 2020
A pair of CBD companies locked in a major cannabis patent fight are close to narrowing the case down to only the validity of a patent that could cover a sweeping range of liquid cannabidiol products.
May 06, 2019
United Cannabis Corp. has shot back at allegations that it intended to deceive the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by plagiarizing elements of its liquid cannabinoid patent application, telling a Colorado federal court that copying from other materials is an accepted practice.
April 18, 2019
The first cannabis patent to be enforced in district court litigation survived an early test on Wednesday when a Colorado federal judge ruled that the patent is not directed to a naturally occurring phenomenon.
January 01, 2019
As more states legalize recreational and medical cannabis, more litigation has popped up around the industry. From what is likely the country’s first cannabis patent suit to a wave of civil claims filed by people living near growers and distributors, courts are being asked to decide a variety of disputes that touch on the clash between federal and state laws governing cannabis. Here are several cases in the cannabis world that Law360 is watching in 2019.