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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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Washington Works to Remove Obstacles to 2019 Hemp Crop

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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

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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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The Year in Weed: 2019 Edition

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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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Empire State Cannabis Update: CCB Makes Progress In Hemp Program & Chair Hints At Adult-Use Timeline

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Similarly, the MRTA requires the CCB “[t]o fix by rule and regulation the standards and requirements of cultivation, processing, packaging, marketing, and sale of. ” The CCB intends to address the sale of such products in the adult-use regulations. no later than six months after the effective date of the MRTA.”

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McGuire Woods: In the Weeds: New Laws for 2022, Kansas Weighs Delta-8, Maine Appeals Dispensary Ruling, Nevada Approves Lounges

Cannabis Law Report

1, Montana permits retail marijuana sales for adults 21 and older. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) suggesting that cannabinoids synthetically produced from non-cannabis materials, including delta-8 THC, are controlled under the federal Controlled Substances Act as a “tetrahydrocannabinol.”

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US Hemp Roundtable: Statement On The Status of Hemp Derived CBD Under Federal Law

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federal law protects the retail sale of hemp-derived CBD. . It is now deemed an agricultural commodity, no longer able to be classified as a controlled substance, like marijuana. It is now deemed an agricultural commodity, no longer able to be classified as a controlled substance, like marijuana.

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