You can’t patent information in the public domain. So Kevin McKernan is sequencing cannabis DNA and posting it, to keep the plant free.
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Cannabis farmers scramble to protect heirloom seeds from Big Ag
Old-school California growers are prepping for a patent war against global agricultural giants.
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This company filed the first cannabis DNA patent—and nobody knows who they are
Bioscience Institute lists no executive officers and no corporate address. But it owns potentially valuable cannabis patents. The researchers who work for them don’t want to talk about it.
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Leafly investigation: Inside the billion-dollar race to patent cannabis
Backstabbing partners, secret financial backers, hired-gun geneticists: Welcome to Leafly’s series on the new cannabis patent war.
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