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csamsh t1_iwnl8d9 wrote

Reply to comment by JiN88reddit in Ask Anything Wednesday - Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science by AutoModerator

No. Quantifying the natural world is tough to copyright. Example- human genome. I'm sure there are exceptions though

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humanspeech t1_iwprju3 wrote

Haha you should tell that to the CRISPR patent case. It’s complicated but biology esp bioinformatics is becoming insane with the patents and copyrights. There was a lawsuit to patent the BRCA gene that was shot down a few years back.

Here’s the latest on the CRISPR case if anyone wants to check it out: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00721-3

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