Intellectual Property and Cannabis

Edited by Natalie Corthésy, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Enrico Bonadio, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, The City Law School, City St George’s, University of London, UK and Yentyl Williams, Research Assistant to the Dean, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

‘This book is a pioneering exploration of the relationship between the rapidly evolving legal cannabis market and the essential principles of intellectual property. An interdisciplinary group of authors has been able to brilliantly navigate the complexities of protecting traditional knowledge while promoting equitable benefit sharing for the development of cannabis trade and commerce globally. The sources advocate a more inclusive and just legal framework that acknowledges the historical and cultural significances to be accepted in the commoditizing of cannabis.’

• ContentsForeword xivSpyros ManiatisAcknowledgements xviIntroduction to Intellectual Property and Cannabis 1Natalie Corthésy, Enrico Bonadio and Yentyl WilliamsPART I BRANDING1 Budding opportunities: cannabis trademarks in the UnitedStates 9Luke Sebastian Zimmerman2 “A bridge too far?”: trade mark protection for cannabisrelated products and services in the European Union 40Marc Mimler3 Geographical indications and cannabis 61Yentyl WilliamsPART II MORAL RIGHTS, IMAGE RIGHTS, PACKAGING,AND PLANT VARIETIES4 Copyright, the moral right of integrity, and marijuana 81Justin Koo5 Marijuana and image rights 96Emma Perot6 Packaging of cannabis: a regulatory overview 120Enrico Bonadio and Akshita Rohatgi7 Protecting cannabis cultivars in the United States: utilitypatents, plant patents, and plant variety protection certificates 138Larry SandellPART III CASE STUDIES8 The development of an IP protection strategy for Jamaicancannabis 161Natalie Corthésy9 The Canadian scenario 179Cameron Hutchison10 Cannabis regulation and IP rights in Uruguay 192Maximiliano Marzetti11 The Dutch scenario 211Lotte AnemaetPART IV DEVELOPMENTAL, ECONOMIC, ANDSOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS12 Traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions andcannabis: an Indigenous rights-based access and benefitsharing framework 232Marcus Goffe13 The economics of intellectual property protection forcannabis: challenges, opportunities and the evolution of patents 272Cristiano Cantore14 Post-colonial justice in the post-prohibitionist market: apolitical economy view on IP and cannabis 294Bryan Khan15 A history and social anthropology of the African origins of Jamaica’s cannabis 322 Toby Leon Moorsom Epilogue to Intellectual Property and Cannabis 359Andrea ZappalaglioIndex 362