Question of the month- patenting public research
Posted by the Node, on 29 January 2016
Last week the Montreal Neurological Institute announced that it will become the first fully Open Science academic institute. In addition to making their results and data available for free upon publication, this initiative also includes a commitment not to register patents on any of their discoveries. This announcement comes in contrast with the ongoing heated dispute on who should hold the patent for CRISPR. In light of these two opposing views, this month we are asking:
Should scientists and institutes be allowed to patent research performed with public funds?
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