An Inventive Step: Shobita Parthasarathy on the Role of Patents and Innovation in Science

<p><strong>Episode Summary:</strong></p> <p>One of the issues that gets raised by the Open Science movement is that it has a potential conflict with innovation and commercialisation of research. To explore this topic we talked to Professor&nbsp;Shobita Parthasarathy about how patents actually work, how we understand the idea of science as a public good, and the challenges of inclusive innovative.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Episode Links:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><a href="http://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/">Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program</a></p> <p><a href="http://shobitap.org/">http://shobitap.org/</a></p> <p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/ShobitaP">@ShobitaP</a></p> <p><em>Further reading:&nbsp;</em></p> <p>Shobita Parthasarathy.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Building-Genetic-Medicine-Technology-Comparative/dp/0262162423/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=building+genetic+medicine&amp;qid=1583277962&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-2"><em>Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care</em></a>. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. &nbsp;(available at Amazon, MIT Press, and wherever books are sold)&nbsp;</p> <p>Shobita Parthasarathy.&nbsp;<em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Patent-Politics-Markets-Public-Interest/dp/022643785X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1489155980&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=patent+politics">Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United&nbsp;States and Europe</a>.&nbsp;</em>Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017 (available at Amazon, University of Chicago Press, and wherever books are sold)</p> <p>&nbsp;Shobita Parthasarathy. &ldquo;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07108-3">Use Patents to Regulate Gene Editing</a>.&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>Nature</em>. October 25, 2018.</p> <p>&nbsp;Shobita Parthasarathy.&nbsp;&ldquo;<a href="https://theconversation.com/an-early-expression-of-democracy-the-us-patent-system-is-out-of-step-with-todays-citizens-43812">An early expression of democracy, the US patent system is out of step with today&rsquo;s citizens</a>.&rdquo; [Updated].&nbsp;<em>The Conversation</em>. July 4 2018.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>(reprinted in&nbsp;<em>Business Insider, Associated Press,&nbsp;</em>among other outlets)</p> <p>&nbsp;Shobita Parthasarathy.&nbsp;&ldquo;<a href="https://theconversation.com/how-to-make-sure-we-all-benefit-when-nonprofits-patent-technologies-like-crispr-76829">How to make sure we all benefit when nonprofits patent technologies like CRISPR</a>.&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>The Conversation</em>. July 19, 2017.&nbsp;</p>