By Toko Sekiguchi ( April 14, 2026, 07:15 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court overturned a Japan Patent Office decision invalidating a key CRISPR patent held by the Broad Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard College, finding the institutions could validly rely on earlier US filings despite a dispute over ownership of those priority rights.Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court overturned a Japan Patent Office, or JPO, decision invalidating a key CRISPR patent held by the Broad Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard College, finding the institutions could validly rely on earlier US filings despite a dispute over ownership of those priority rights....
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