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  Under existing NCAA bylaws, a student athlete is deemed ineligible if they accept any form of endorsement compensation. That policy took a hit recently when the California state Senate voted 39-0 in favor of the ‘Fair Pay to Play Act’, and on Sunday, California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed the bill with great fanfare…

  Beyond Meat, a food company founded on plant-based meat-substitute products recently went public and unveiled the “Beyond Burger,” rumored to taste and even “bleed” similar to a traditional meat-based burger. Since Beyond Meat’s IPO on May 2, 2019, the stock has risen over 500% as of the time of…

  In the case between United Cannabis Corp. (UCANN) and Pure Hemp Collective (Pure Hemp), filed in the US District Court for the District of Colorado last summer, Judge William Martinez denied the Defense’s motion for partial summary judgement based on unpatentable subject matter under the Alice test.  The case…

  The clock is ticking for Mickey Mouse ‒ the world’s most beloved animated rodent. January 1st, 2024 marks the expiration date of the copyright for Walt Disney’s legendary short film Steamboat Willie. The film, as well as the characters therein, will forever become part of the public domain to be…

Cannabis is essentially an undifferentiated commodity product. If competitive cannabis businesses want to create any amount of sustainable market share, they will need to differentiate their products via branding, brand extension, and licensing of all their IP. As cannabis is legalized across the country, the black and gray markets of…

Intellectual property valuation methodologies are constantly changing and adapting to the fast pace of technology. An increased level of scrutiny has recently been placed on intellectual property portfolios. The need for increased professionalism in valuation, oversight, and security continues to grow. As the court system, especially the Supreme Court, has…

Listen to our Chairman, Wes Anson, speak on 760 KFMB covering his past job experience and a range of intellectual property topics.

Transfer pricing affects more businesses that anyone probably realizes. Depending on your business, transfer pricing may be an issue that you have dealt with, are currently dealing with, or may deal with in the future as it affects more businesses than most would think. Setting accurate transfer prices for your…

Trade secrets have been gaining on the rest of the IP family. Once an often-overlooked form of IP, the value and usage of trade secrets has been skyrocketing. They have also never been so front and center in business news as they have been recently, with the groundbreaking trade secret…

  There’s a New Troll in Town – ROP Trolls First, there were patent trolls, then CONSOR was engaged on multiple occasions to help clients that were bedeviled by copyright trolls. Now, we have taken on four cases stretching from California to New York, in opposition to a small group of…