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Monday, September 10, 2018

Gene-editing patent challenge rejected by Federal Circuit appeals court


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that Harvard-affiliated Broad Institute can keep its patents on gene-editing technology CRISPR. The court rejected the argument that the work was already covered by patents owned by the University of California at Berkeley. Companies developing CRISPR-based therapies include Editas Medicine (EDIT), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), and Crispr Therapeutics (CRSP).

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