Unpicking the Complexities of Intellectual Property (IP) Protection & Patent Disputes
Time: 9:00 am
day: Pre-Conference Workshop Day
Details:
- A brief overview and current state-of-play with regards to the Broad vs CVC CRISPR patent dispute
- Practical advice for how to actually obtain the suitable license(s) for your program
- When in drug discovery & research, when are full licenses required and when can one operate under a ‘safe harbor’?
- Navigating the challenge of royalty stacking: how to ensure a future drug can still be commercialized
- Outlining a timeline for patent filing for companies developing new CRISPR technology
- What steps does the field need to make for the licensing landscape to be in the patients’ best interests
- Identifying areas of white space for developing alternative gene editing programs
