Researcher’s Contract Claims Over Penn’s Patent Policy Mostly Survive Dismissal

( October 15, 2024, 8:32 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A former University of Pennsylvania (Penn) employee’s claims over royalties to which she is purportedly entitled under the university’s patent policy because of her work on a gene therapy patent were largely deemed adequately alleged by a Pennsylvania federal judge, who found that additional information and discovery were necessary to further consider the university's statute of limitations and sufficiency of pleadings arguments....