Maybe it’s a product of watching too many Shark Tank re-runs, but many early-stage entrepreneurs come to the conclusion that they “need” a patent. They become obsessed with “patenting” their invention because no one will take them seriously without a patent or worse, someone will...
This spring the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) ruled in favor of The Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, finding that the UC Berkeley CRISPR patent, filed before The Broad’s patent, does not prevent The Broad team from obtaining a patent as the...
Lauded as one of the biggest innovations since the dawn of the biotechnology age, CRISPR has set the biotechnology world ablaze with its potential to cure complex human diseases and generate a multi-billion dollar industry. This powerful technology is the topic of a contentious patent...