Marijuana, Motorola, Moroccanoil: Intellectual Property

With the growing toward marijuana legalization, intellectual property specialists say it will be important for growers to be able to patent specific strains of cannabis, Scripps TV Station Group’s DecodeDC website reported.

David Marsh of Washington’s Arnold & Porter LLP said because plants self-replicate and are easily copied, “you need a tool like a patent if you want control,” according to DecodeDC.