The CRISPR debacle is a funny story because on one side you have a public institution and on the other side you have a private institution.
However, both in reality are publicly funded whether that be through government grants or tax breaks on endowments. I think we should do a trade: an institution that in someway benefits from the public should get credit for the discovery but patent goes back to the public.
Edit: I realize there’s a chance that whatever I just said, there’s a small European country that already has implemented this idea.
Patents are a gigantic scam and the entire system should be scrapped. True free market would allow competition. This is just an artificial monopoly and it's needless and does not help competition.
However, both in reality are publicly funded whether that be through government grants or tax breaks on endowments. I think we should do a trade: an institution that in someway benefits from the public should get credit for the discovery but patent goes back to the public.
Edit: I realize there’s a chance that whatever I just said, there’s a small European country that already has implemented this idea.