Month: July 2019 (Page 29)

Marijuana products are ineligible for U.S. trademarks because the plant is federally illegal, but that’s not keeping businesses in the marijuana and hemp sectors from filing trademark and patent applications. In fact, protecting intellectual property in this manner is something many cannabis companies should consider doing. Marijuana companies’ intellectual propertyContinue Reading

The federal bureaucracy hasn’t yet caught up with the law where hemp cultivation and commerce are concerned — leaving a lot of would-be entrepreneurs and enterprises in the lurch. Legislation is now pending on Capitol Hill that calls upon the Food & Drug Administration to finally regulate CBD products, addressing a dilemmaContinue Reading

Cameron Ray Rexroat is the bright-eyed entrepreneur you see all over Just Another Jay’s website and Instagram page. He’s puffing on pre-rolls in a forest of redwoods, laughing over bong rips with friends in high places and casually rolling up on marble trays. But there are actually two brains behind this company’s attempt to makeContinue Reading

My father busted me smoking cannabis exactly once, on the Fourth of July, 2003. I say “busted” in the sense that I was trying to not draw attention. Though I was a legal adult, this was in New Hampshire in the early 2000s, so nothing marijuana-related was legal. I had always beenContinue Reading

If there is one aspect of the marijuana legalization debate that doesn’t get as much talk time as it should, it is the idea that adults should have the freedom to use the herb without the risk of John Law trying to put them in a cage. Instead, the modern language ofContinue Reading