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Law, History and Lessons in the CRISPR Patent Conflict

Sherkow, Jacob S.

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Title
Law, History and Lessons in the CRISPR Patent Conflict
Author(s)
Sherkow, Jacob S.
Issue Date
2015-03-06
Keyword(s)
  • intellectual property
  • patent
  • biotech
  • biotechnology
  • crispr
  • genetics
Abstract
Predicting the outcome of the ongoing patent disputes surrounding genome-editing technology is equal parts patent analysis and history. Genome-editing technology based on clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR associated protein 9 (Cas9) has generated great excitement in both academia and industry. But a potential patent dispute between two sets of inventors has left the biotech community pondering its fate. Understanding several facets of patent law and history may provide some lessons about the probable — and best — outcome for the dispute.
Publisher
Nature Biotechnology
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/111000
DOI
10.1038/nbt.3160

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