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Cutting-edge research is a hallmark of UC Berkeley, and it should come as no surprise that faculty members are eager to see their discoveries put to use. Many, such as chemistry dean Richard Mathies, have formed start-ups to develop their inventions to a point where they become viable in the marketplace, benefiting not only society but the university as well.
Tag: intellectual property
Intellectual-property-law honor for Berkeley Law student
January 3, 2013:
A Berkeley Law student has won a national student-writing award for his paper on the potential impact of the Supreme Court’s recent decision involving patents covering natural processes.
Bioethicists warn that widespread patenting may stifle stem cell research
February 10, 2011:
UC Berkeley bioethicist David Winickoff and a team of scholars are calling for greater transparency as institutions and researchers lay claim to intellectual property in early-stage technologies, cell lines, genes and associated data in the field of stem cell science. The perspective piece is published in the journal Science.
