21st century lawsuits

[shaymus]

Jackson Lab files lawsuit against Chinese university over sales of mice

Jackson Laboratory, the Bar Harbor breeder of mice for medical and scientific research, has filed suit against a Chinese university, alleging Chinese researchers are breeding and reselling strains of mice that Jackson lab has developed.

The suit seeks to force Nanjing University and related research facilities into arbitration over the allegations. It was filed this week in federal court in Bangor...

According to the suit, Nanjing University signed a standard purchase agreement for mice with Jackson Lab that allows the university to breed the mice as part of its research into the impact of the diseases and treatment on subsequent generations, but bars it from selling them.

Jackson Lab alleges that the university has offered subsequent generations of the mice for sale on the research labs’ website.

If you can't trust scientists not to illegal resell genetically-modified mice, how can we trust them about global warming?

[simonrest]

I’m more concerned about scientists developing breeds of super mice