UC Berkley

Banner image with text: 'Stay informed with the latest IP news' and the following words listed: Insights, Interviews, Webinars.

Nobel prize awarded to Crispr-patent tussle party Charpentier and Doudna

By Joanna Applequist | Posted on October 7, 2020

The Nobel committee has announced that this year’s prize in Chemistry is awarded to Doudna and Charpentier for their groundbreaking research leading to the development of the Crispr-Cas 9 technology, often referred to as the gene scissors. The Crispr-Cas 9 technology was first published as a scientific paper in 2012 by Doudna and Charpentier. This...

Tags: Broad Institute, Crispr-Cas 9, Nobel, Patent, UC Berkley

The Crispr-Cas9 patent tussle continues: The case of UC Berkeley at the EPO

By Joanna Applequist | Posted on November 15, 2019

In Europe, we don’t do things the way the Americans do… Oral proceedings in the opposition against UC Berkeley’s (UC’s) main European patent EP2800811 are scheduled for all of three (!) days in February of 2020 at the European Patent Office (EPO). The opposition division’s (OD’s) preliminary and non-binding opinion, provided on the 30th of...

Tags: crispr-cas9, DNA, EPO, invention, patents, UC Berkley

Recent contributors

Laura Stravinskaite

Laura Stravinskaite

Senior Associate, Attorney at Law

Ai-Leen Lim

Ai-Leen Lim

Partner, Attorney at Law, Group Vice President

Ashley Zhao

Ashley Zhao

Partner, Attorney at Law, Business Area Manager

Troels Peter Rørdam

Troels Peter Rørdam

Senior Counsel, European Patent Attorney

Mikkel Roed Trier

Mikkel Roed Trier

Partner, European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Business Area Manager