In a post titled CRISPR Patent War: Billions at Stake for UC Berkeley, KQED had some interesting comments on the CRISPR patent interference.On a possible (later) appeal to the US Supreme Court:The victor won’t be announced in 2016. Sherkow says the trial will take years. It could go all the way to the Supreme Court, but he says that’s not likely.“The chances of it going to the Supreme Court are only slightly better than the Powerball we had [this week],” he says.IPBiz does not know how this probability was estimated, but suspects it is too low, likely lower than that of any appealed case getting cert. AND‘Whoever has a patent on this could charge as much in royalties as they want and can set their price because they now have a monopoly.’— Mildred Cho, Stanford UniversityOne notes that one could have a diode/triode situation, wherein neither party can control. Or, the integrated circuit outcome,wherein the competitors cut a deal.As…
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