i did try an find the patents talked about in the last post ,,,but i cant find any patants listed,,as of yet
US Gov held patent for Cannabis Sativa
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/257008
patent here: US Patent 6630507
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...50&s1=6630507.PN.&OS=PN/6630507&RS=PN/6630507
I cant beleive it. Doesnt matter how much it "cant" happen, "wont" happen, shit..already has, and it has been a few years too...People are not aware of the net getting to ready to scoop us all up. Sam, you are a legend, I look up to you. But your "fuck the man" and independant stance on life that has so succesfully brought you to where you are today, and the corresponding benefit you brought to the community - all of us - sadly doesnt apply here. It is done..not a matter of when, but done.
So...the reality is that even NOW, all growers with strains that could be classified as "Cannibis Sativa" are being used on an unlicensed basis from the US federal government and could be held liable for doing so. Here is my thing, now bear with me as this is paranoid: By holding the patent under the US government, they can do whatever they want with it. They could determine that this patent is relevant to US national security, and anyone utilizing this "technology" could be found liable for treason...which the penalty for is death. Stuff to think about, shit is getting weird, TV is starting to look like it appeared in futuristic movies like "Total recall".
No one knows about it so no one throws up a fuss, except us. But who cares about some dumb stoners?
Stay safe out there folks.
From:
http://cannazine.co.uk/cannabis-new...mean-bad-things-for-the-med-pot-movement.html
In an interview with Pot-TV, law professor Ikechi Mgbeoji of the University of British Columbia agreed that it was possible that big drug companies could try to patent currently illegal medicinal plants, such as poppies, coca and cannabis. These plants, or extracts thereof, could be reintroduced with the claim that they've been gone from the market long enough to qualify as "new" and "distinct" species under the 1961 Plant Patent Act, and thus be subject to patent law.
Professor Mgbeoji explained: "There is in fact the possibility that, if the use of cannabis is decriminalized, and some of the varieties that had been known to farmers who farmed in secret are now available to those with the means, it is possible that they could lay claims to have discovered these strains... they can in fact apply and obtain plant variety protection."
Attempts have already been made by others to patent the ayahuasca vine (a tool for hallucination and visions), the neem tree (a powerful antibiotic) and tumeric (an anti-inflammation tool and the main ingredient in curry). These attempts to patent natural plants have had varying degrees of success, depending on the amount of opposition.2
Canada's patent law – unlike that in the US – does not allow as much latitude to patent medicinal plants outright. Canada requires some "purification" process here first. Hence, in Canada we will see the THC patented as "Tetranabinex" and CBD patented as "Nabidiolex." The outright strain patent on, say, "Panama Red" would be reserved for the US.
Mgbeoji warned that Bayer could attempt to "'polish up' the cruder aspects of the whole thing [marijuana] and repackage it as a new invention and put a patent on it. The same thing was done with Aspirin."
You misunderstand the difference between a utility patent and a plant patent, they are not the same. Someone can patent a Cannabinoid if they find a new novel use for it. But that does not give them any rights to plants which produce this Cannabinoid, it is a patent for a utility. I am pretty bored with all the fear and misconceptions around these issues, educate yourself before you start screaming the sky is falling...
BTW most Cannabis in the West does not have 8-14 Cannabinoids, it normally has THC and maybe very tiny tiny amounts of a few other Cannabinoids. None of the other Cannabinoids besides THC9, THC8, CBN, have any psychoactive effects and CBD and THCV don't either but the modulate THC as they are THC antagonists.
The different effects you feel that come from the mix of Cannabinoids are in fact from the 130+ Terpenoids, +THC. Maybe CBD if there is any but mostly there is not any CBD in most Western bred Cannabis.
-SamS
They can make laws and we can grow.
No need to think beyond this, since everything will anyhows go like it goes.