University of California v. Broad Institute, Inc.

  1. September 11, 2018

    CRISPR Patent Ruling May Push Warring Sides To A Deal

    The Federal Circuit's decision Monday rejecting the University of California's efforts to secure control over patents on the breakthrough gene-editing system CRISPR in a fight with the Broad Institute leaves an unsettled patent landscape for the technology that could spur the parties to strike a deal, attorneys say.

  2. September 10, 2018

    Fed. Circ. Backs Harvard, MIT Over UC In CRISPR Patent War

    The Federal Circuit on Monday rejected the University of California's bid for control over patents on the breakthrough gene-editing system CRISPR, turning away its challenge to patents on the technology to issued to a research institute associated with Harvard and MIT.

  3. April 30, 2018

    Berkeley Defends Bid To Overrule PTAB In CRISPR Row

    Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Vienna fended off pointed questioning Monday from a Federal Circuit panel on their effort to nix a patent for gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9, held by the Massachusetts-based Broad Institute.

  4. July 26, 2017

    UC Urges Fed. Circ. To Nix 'Unjust' Gene Editing Patent Ruling

    The University of California urged the Federal Circuit Tuesday to overturn a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision favoring a research institute associated with Harvard and MIT in a hotly contested patent dispute over the breakthrough gene-editing technology CRISPR, calling the ruling “profoundly erroneous” and "unjust."

  5. April 13, 2017

    Berkeley Appeals PTAB Ruling In MIT, Broad CRISPR Dispute

    Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Vienna have appealed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision finding no overlap between their CRISPR patents and those of the Massachusetts-based Broad Institute, furthering the IP battle between elite teams of scientists over the revolutionary gene-editing technology.

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