Problem
• Identify a particular development project you are familiar with. What kinds of methods do you believe were used to assess the project? What kinds of methods do you believe should have beenused to assess the project?
• After reading the opening case in chapter 9 "The Patent Battle Over CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing", (from pg. 199) answer the following questions:
• What do you think are some of the challenges with awarding patents based on "first to invent"?
• What are the pros and cons of Doudna-Charpentier and Zhang pooling their CRISPR-Cas9 patents to make it easier for others to license them?
• What are some of the potential implications of the fact that the European Patent Office made a different decision about the patent battle than the US Patent and Trademark Office?
• Do you think patents on a revolutionary technology with medical applications helps to foster the development of lifesaving treatments or slows it down?