CBD trademarks: uncertain trend in France?
In December 2021, a decree was issued in France that
effectively banned the marketing of raw CBD flowers and leaves. Only hemp seeds
and fibres as well as products deduced from flowers and leaves are allowed.
Dealers in the CBD sector that were formerly selling similar products urgently
challenged the ban, performing in a provisional suspense by the Council of
State. The judge hearing the operation considered that were serious dubieties
about the legitimacy of the measure because of its disproportionate nature.
Dealers in the sector are staying for the Council of State to rule definitively
on the legitimacy of the queried order.