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Opinion Letter As To The Patentability Of Certain Inventions Associated With The Identification Of Partial Dna Sequences, Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert P. Merges May 2015

Opinion Letter As To The Patentability Of Certain Inventions Associated With The Identification Of Partial Dna Sequences, Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert P. Merges

Robert P Merges

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Reply To Comments On The Patentability Of Certain Inventions Associated With The Identification Of Partial Cdna Sequences, Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert P. Merges May 2015

Reply To Comments On The Patentability Of Certain Inventions Associated With The Identification Of Partial Cdna Sequences, Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert P. Merges

Robert P Merges

No abstract provided.


The Crispr Revolution: What Editing Human Dna Reveals About The Patent System’S Dna, Robin C. Feldman Dec 2014

The Crispr Revolution: What Editing Human Dna Reveals About The Patent System’S Dna, Robin C. Feldman

Robin C Feldman

Not since the invention that launched Genentech and the entire biotech industry has a life science invention offered such promise. If CRISPR lives up to that promise, the technology could well be one of the greatest life science inventions of all time. Gene editing techniques existed before, of course, but they were slow, inaccurate, and expensive. The CRISPR invention is like moving from the manual typewriter to modern word processing.

As we stand at this remarkable threshold, what of the patent system? Companies are racing to develop commercial applications for CRISPR, and researchers are using the technology, even though it …