TY - JFULL AU - Zheng Miao and Dennis Fernandez PY - 2017/12/ TI - Intellectual Property Protection of CRISPR Related Technologies T2 - International Journal of Bioengineering and Life Sciences SP - 590 EP - 596 VL - 11 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10008148 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 131, 2017 N2 - CRISPR research has the potential to completely transform life science, agriculture, live-stock and the health care industry. The Intellectual Property derived from its research has raised significant attention in the academic as well as the biopharmaceutical industry culminating an urgent need for strategic IP protection. We review the rudimentary concepts and key competitors of CRISPR technologies as well as the paramount strategies for intellectual property protection. Further, we elaborate on prosecution issues related to CRISPR patents as well as possible solutions to various patent laws, interferences and litigation. Finally, we address how the bioinformatics of the CRISPR technology begs an inquiry into issues of privacy and a host of ethical concerns. ER -