Author

Jorge Contreras

Jorge L. Contreras is a Presidential Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Utah with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Human Genetics. His research focuses on intellectual property, technical standards and science policy, and he is one of the co-founders of the Open COVID Pledge, a framework for contributing intellectual property to the COVID-19 response. Professor Contreras is the editor of six books and the author of more than 100 scholarly articles and chapters appearing in scientific, legal and policy journals including Science, Nature, Georgetown Law Journal, NYU Law Review, Iowa Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology and Antitrust Law Journal. He has served as a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils, the Advisory Councils of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and as the Co-Chair of the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School (JD) and Rice University (BSEE, BA).
  • Biotechnology

    Moderna’s U.K. Vaccine Patent Pledge Cut Short by Boilerplate

    By Jorge L. Contreras On July 2, 2024, the High Court of the United Kingdom issued a decision in Moderna’s mRNA vaccine patent litigation against Pfizer and BioNTech. As I previously discussed in October of…

    Moderna’s U.K. Vaccine Patent Pledge Cut Short by Boilerplate

    By

    Jorge Contreras

  • Biotechnology

    Another Legislative Attempt to Revive Gene Patenting

    On August 2, Senator Thom Tillis introduced a bill that, if enacted into law, would reverse the Myriad decision and a decade of subsequent developments.

    Another Legislative Attempt to Revive Gene Patenting

    By

    Jorge Contreras

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  • Bioethics

    The Civil Rights Challenge to Gene Patenting

    The ACLU mounted an unprecedented challenge the entire practice of gene patenting in America. And, against the odds, they won.

    The Civil Rights Challenge to Gene Patenting

    By

    Jorge Contreras

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