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Technologies for Enhancing Cannabis Bioavailability and Their Legal Methods of Protection

The Blunt Truth

The most common way people consume cannabis is by smoking the buds of the cannabis sativa plant, often referred to as “flower.” Most patent protection is found “upstream” of the flower itself and within the agricultural technology that was used to produce the flower in the first place. TINCTURES, EDIBLES AND TOPICALS.

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Dewey Scientific Announces Peer Reviewed Research Identifying the First Powdery Mildew Resistance Gene in Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

The abstract, titled “ Discovery and Genetic Mapping of PM1 , a Powdery Mildew Resistance Gene in Cannabis sativa L ”, can be found in the special topic “Cannabis IPM – Insect Pests and Diseases” by Frontiers in Agronomy. Follow Dewey Scientific on Twitter for the latest news and information.

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Cannabis? Weed? Marijuana? Why what we call it matters

The Cannigma

Some are botanical (“cannabis sativa”), some steeped in history and discrimination (“marijuana”) and others just good for a giggle (“the devil’s lettuce”). According to historical estimations , cannabis cultivation began around the same time that agriculture itself was developing – around 9,000 BCE. Let’s start at the beginning.

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Paper – New Zealand: New Zealand’s Industrial Hemp Industry: Motivations, Constraints, and Moving Forward

Cannabis Law Report

Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Research demonstrates that industrial hemp could facilitate New Zealand’s transition toward more sustainable agriculture because of its capabilities for carbon sequestration, environmental regeneration, phytoremediation, and the development of sustainable products. Date: 2019. Full Paper.

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How Hemp-CBD Companies Should Think About Trademark Strategy

Canna Law Blog

The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, Pub. 115-334 (the 2018 Farm Bill), which amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA). Cannabis sativa L. Topical products containing CBD, however, are in a much more ambiguous space, since the FDA has indicated that these products may be permissible. 801 et seq.

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Stanley Brothers Face Another Setback with Final Refusal of “CW” Trademark

Canna Law Blog

CBD Topicals are Not Immune from FDA Scrutiny, as Recent Warning Letters Show. The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, Pub. 115-334 (the 2018 Farm Bill), which amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA). 5940(b)(2) (defining “industrial hemp” as “the plant Cannabis sativa L. 801 et seq. 301 et seq (FDCA).

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Washington Cannabis: The Proposed Hemp Overhaul is Here

Canna Law Blog

The stated purpose of SB 5719 is as follows: Authorize the growing of hemp as a legal, agricultural activity in this state. Hemp is an agricultural product that may be legally grown, produced, processed, possessed, transferred, commercially sold, and traded. a variation of the plant Cannabis sativa L.

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