// Definition
The concept of protecting cannabis industry know-how through trade secrets rather than patents, where proprietary techniques for extraction, cultivation, and hash-making are kept confidential rather than publicly filed.
// From the Episode
Mark Scialdone explained that Coca-Cola's formula is the world's most valuable trade secret, locked in an Atlanta vault. He advised cannabis industry clients to write down their techniques as intellectual property. In hash-making and growing, personal technique and know-how constitute trade secrets - 'what I do with John's patented extractor is my trade secret.' Patents require public disclosure while trade secrets remain private indefinitely.
// Source
Ep. 109 Hash Church CVII 107 →