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Patenting Cannabis Genes: Three Ways To Protect New Cultivars

Canna Law Blog

In the case of a plant patent, the grant shall include the right to exclude others from asexually reproducing the plant, and from using, offering for sale, or selling the plant so reproduced, or any of its parts….” Utility patents are the most popular flavor of patent and they are the favorite tool of major agricultural genetic companies.

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On the 2018 Farm Act: Can I Start Growing Hemp?

MJ Business Attorneys

If a state was already a part of the pilot program governed by the 2014 Agricultural Act, that is not enough. The long-anticipated 2018 Farm Bill finally made its way to the President’s desk and Trump made hemp fans ecstatic when he signed it into law on December 20. What It Means. The language of the Bill removes cannabis plants with.3%

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Washington Works to Remove Obstacles to 2019 Hemp Crop

Cannabis Law Report

Lawmakers in Olympia are determined that 2019 will be better — Hector Castro, Director of Communications for the Washington State Department of Agriculture recently stated, “It makes sense to assist farmers to get seeds in the ground this season.”. If you wish to re-publish this story please do so with following accreditation.

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Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act: What The Proposed Federal Cannabis Laws Would Mean For Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

Department of Agriculture (USDA) and FDA. The federal hemp framework was established by the passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). While unlikely to pass in this Congress, the momentous legislation gives us a roadmap for how the U.S. Industry stakeholders have until September 1, 2021 to provide feedback.

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Nevada veterinarians can now treat patients with certain cannabis products

Cannabis Law Report

Earlier this year, Gov. Steve Sisolak signed Assembly Bill 101, making Nevada the first state to legalize the use of cannabinoids as a veterinary treatment. The Nevada Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners helped write AB 101, which the Nevada VMA supported, according to NVMA Executive Director Michelle Wagner. Although products containing 0.3%

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The Year in Weed: 2019 Edition

The Blunt Truth

In the world of hemp, marijuana’s straight-arrow cousin, the Department of Agriculture released guidelines for importing hemp seeds. The state’s Agriculture Department clarified that hemp and CBD in food or cosmetics is illegal under both state and federal law. See the hearing’s webpage , for the details.

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Memo to Congress: Fix the Farm Bill

Project CBD

and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives , extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not , with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 Whether growing or not” is being misconstrued to mean that the 0.3