Has a Federal Circuit Decision Ended the CRIPSR/Cas Patent Battle?
On September 10, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s decision in Regents of the University of California v. Broad Institute, Inc. may have ended perhaps the most heated biotech patent battle today: who owns the fundamental patents for the powerful CRISPR/Cas gene-editing tool. Unless University of California, Berkeley (UCB) successfully appeals the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Broad Institute will keep its patents on CRISPR/Cas technology. History of Continue Reading →