Jacob Sherkow (Professor of Law, University of Illinois), will be discussing with our moderator, Neil Canavan, the historical significance of past intellectual property claims in the antibody space and also how to interpret existing patent law in the US and Europe as it relates to cell therapies in development.

Jacob S. Sherkow is Professor of Law at the College of Law and Affiliate of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois, where his research focuses on the legal and ethical implications of advanced biotechnologies, especially as related to intellectual property. He is a leading expert on IP protection for genome-editing technologies, including CRISPR. Sherkow is the author of over 40 articles published in both scientific journals and traditional law reviews, including Science, Nature, the Yale Law Journal, and the Stanford Law Review.