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2025 USPTO Fee Changes Disproportionately Impact Hemp Businesses

Written By Erica B. E. Rogers

Effective January 18, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) enacted a new trademark fee structure that affects fast-paced industries more than others, most notably, the hemp and cannabidiol ("CBD") in…

Ward and Smith Sponsors Public School Forum of North Carolina's Jay Robinson Education Leadership Awards

Ward and Smith is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Public School Forum of North Carolina's prestigious Jay Robinson Education Leadership Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 1, at the Ang…

Ward and Smith Sponsors UNC Pembroke’s 2025 Cash Bash

Ward and Smith is pleased to sponsor the University of North Carolina at Pembroke’s 2025 Cash Bash, taking place Thursday, May 1, from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the English E. Jones Center. Hosted by the UNCP Found…

Media Mention: Angela Doughty Shares Insights on AI in the Legal Industry with Wilmington Business Journal

Angela Doughty, CIPP/US, AIGP, leader of Ward and Smith's Intellectual Property Practice Section and an AI Governance Professional, was recently featured in the Wilmington Business Journal for her perspective on artificial…

Understanding Trade Secret Misappropriation: A Guide for In-House Counsel

Written By Alexander C. Dale, Gavin B. Parsons, and Mark S. Wigley

Ed. Note: This is the second in a series of articles taken from Gavin Parsons' CLE presentation for the North Carolina Bar Association's Antitrust and Complex Business Dispute CLE Program presented on Thursday, January 30,…