GLOBALLY Accessible Strain Identification & Registration CUSTOMER Introduction MAY 2018 TICKER: DNAX.V
GLOBALLY Accessible Strain Identification & Registration
CUSTOMER Introduction MAY 2018 TICKER: DNAX.V
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A new cannabis industry is emerging, and using the power of blockchain, BLOCKStrain has developed the most comprehensive, community driven cannabis genetics archival platform dedicated to making it safe and conformable for breeders and growers, large and small, to protect and release their varieties into the public domain, all while being compensated and rewarded.
OUR VISION
BlockStrain is an integrated Blockchain platform that registers and tracks cannabis IP from genome to sale.
The main advantage of BLOCKStrain is to ensure product licensing and authenticity providing assurance of revenue, and more importantly, product integrity and safety.
The Problem IS Legitimate
New jurisdictions are looking to regulate and legalize a substance that was recently exclusive to the black market
A primary goal for regulators is to “establish an efficient, accountable and transparent system for regulatory oversight of the supply chain in order to protect youth and combat organized crime” (see source).
This requires a system that collects and manages a tremendous amount of data including pesticide use, quality control, as well as possession limits and servings sizes in order to VALIDATE and VERIFY products
The cannabis plant is the key asset with superiority based on factors such as:§ Yield of seed§ Fiber§ Cannabinoid content§ Response to regional or cultivation environments
Growth characteristics§ Flavor and aroma through terpine profiles
Exclusivity of a particular genetic strain will be extremely important in this growing industry
Source: A Framework for the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis in Canada, the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation
Intellectual Property Rights Protection
Establish and Prove Lineage of Medical
Grade Cannabis
Regulation and Compliance
Quality ControlPublic Safety
Existing Strategies for Protecting a Cannabis Strain in the Marketplace
UTILITY PATENTS:Regularly issued for:§ Plants§ Extraction methods§ Formulation methods§ Nutraceutical combinations§ Growing techniques§ Hardware§ No express prohibition on cannabis
PLANT PATENTS§ Covering asexually reproducible varietals
(clones)§ Relatively inexpensive.§ Coverage is narrow§ Does not cover sexual reproduction on the
variety (e.g., using a cannabis clone to create hybrid seeds)
CONTRACTS§ Restriction on use of seeds/clones possible
via material use agreements, trade secret agreement or technology use agreements
§ Contracts only bind parties§ No protection against third parties§ Smart contracts are a possible solution
Now is the time for a truly decentralized blockchain platform for cannabis strains
TRADEMARKS§ Strain name can be protected by
Trademark Law§ Significant value attributed to brands§ U.S. Patent and Trademark Office often
rejects cannabis and marijuana related applications
§ Actual use in interstate commerce required§ Interstate commerce involving cannabis
products is currently illegal in the U.S.
PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION§ The Plant Variety Protection Act ("PVPA") is
another option for protecting plant and seed varietals
§ PVPA is a voluntary program to provide patent like rights to developers, breeders and owners of plant varietals
§ Similar to patent protection§ Protects new, distinct, uniform and stable
plants§ Does not limit scope of patent law
Trust, Protection and legitimacy For the Cannabis industrySEED FARMS &
GENETICISTS
Utilizing our proprietary blockchain technology, we developed the Strain Variety Protection Platform to protect small and large breeders, producers, consumers and government.
BREEDERS & GROWERS
CULTIVATORS
PRODUCERS
MANUFACTURERS
We Protect everyone9
The mission is to deliver immutable cryptographically secure blockchain technology to establish a global single source of truth for cannabis strains and their ownership
Quantifying genetics, potency and equivalencies between cannabis products is crucial to the future of legal marijuana
PROTECT PRODUCERS & DISTRIBUTORS
PROTECT PATIENTS & CONSUMERS
PROTECT BREEDERS, GROWERS & CULTIVATORS
the new standard in global cannabis verification
The main characteristics of BLOCKStrain
Preserving integrity of data and creating an
audit trail(non-repudiation)
IMMUTABILITY
The automatic execution of
business logic when specified criteria are met
SMART CONTRACTS
All participants can see a
uniform view of data, updated in
real-time
SHAREDLEDGER
Ensuring the state of the ledger
represents the agreed-upon truth of all stakeholders
DISTRIBUTED CONSENSUS
Ensuring identity authentication for each transaction
CRYPTOGRAPHY
BLOCKStrain Is THE Smart Hub For Cannabis
Making the platform truly open and available to everyone, we shape the future and authenticity of the industry through widespread adoption and usage.
By offering a secure API network we've made it easy for testing providers, grow facilities, app and software developers, research groups and major supply chain platforms to build cannabis-centric applications, helping fuel technology and innovation for the industry as a whole.
As compliance and regulation are a critical priority, BLOCKStrainallows for government regulation standards to be adhered to while providing real-time visibility of industry operations to agencies assigned to enforce and regulate all cannabis activity nation wide.
API
OPEN BLOCKCHAIN
UNLIMITED INDUSTRY
INNOVATIONS
ANALYTICS PRODUCTS
Cannabis Integration EcosystemDELIVERY TRACKING
SocialNetworks
PAYMENTS BRANDINGINVESTORSPRODUCTION NEWS
BLOCKCHAIN
Canadian Cannabis Public Companies Valuations
COMPANY MARKET CAP TICKER SHARE PRICE
Canopy Growth $4.93 Billion WEED-T $25.63
Aurora Cannabis $4.41 Billion ACB $9.73
WeedMD $168 Million WMD $2.18
Newstrike $389 Million HIP $1.00
Aphria $2.4 Billion APH.TO $14.96
BLOCKStrainProtects Their Inventory & IP
Applications as of February 5, 2018§ 1.1,630 Received§ 2.265 Refused§ 3.69 Withdrawn§ 4.841 Incomplete (returned)§ 5.414 In Progress
Licenses are only issued once all regulatory requirements are met.
Each application undergoes a detailed assessment, including indepth security checks led by the RCMP and site inspections.
Health Canada conducts compliance and monitoring activities of regulated parties to ensure compliance with the various regulations to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).
These activities include education, complaint investigations and inspecting licensed sites, or sites applying to be licensed to conduct regulated activities.
Canadian Medical Marijuana Producers & Dispensaries
Province or Territory LicencesNova Scotia 3New Brunswick 2Prince EdwardIsland 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 0
Quebec 6Ontario 48Manitoba 2Saskatchewan 4Alberta 5British Columbia 18Yukon 0Northwest Territories 0Nunavut 0Canada(TOTAL) 89
Medical GenomicsMedicinal Genomics uses DNA technology to better understand cannabis genetics and develop products that help growers, dispensaries, and testing laboratories ensure the safety and quality of cannabis.
Competitive Landscape
Medicinal Genomics currently has about 1,000 strains registered on the blockchain, approximately 420 of which are publicly accessible through the company's genomic repository, KannaPedia.
KannapediaMedicinal Genomics created Kannapedia to publish on the public Bitcoin Blockchain genetic information obtained using the company’s StrainSEEKIdentification and Registration service.
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