US PTO rules against Univ of California, argues that Broad Inst invented CRISPR

Re:US PTO rules against Univ of California, argues that Broa... by thedingwing on Monday February 28, 2022 @09:28PM (#30508552)

While the Broad institute is private, it is a non-profit that is tightly affiliated with MIT and Harvard. To me, this is different than a patent getting transferred to a multinational pharmaceutical corporate.

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Re:US PTO rules against Univ of California, argues that Broa... by aluminum96 on Monday February 28, 2022 @09:37PM (#30508630)

I didn't know they were a nonprofit. In that case, my OP is pretty off-topic for this case.

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Re:US PTO rules against Univ of California, argues that Broa... by rst on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @07:27AM (#30513281)

Non-profits can still have patent portfolios that they try to exploit for commercial gain -- though by licensing, rather than producing products directly. When the research was publicly funded, the same conflicts of interest apply.

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Re:US PTO rules against Univ of California, argues that Broa... by dekhn on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @09:53AM (#30514857)

The Broad also makes enormous bank as a sequencing service for pharma. They are "non profit" but they make a profit.

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