U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on Friday, August 8, sent a letter to Harvard University President Alan Garber informing him that the U.S. government is planning to “march in” on its patents. Lutnick accused the institution of failing “to live up to its obligations to the American taxpayer” and being “in breach of the statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements tied to Harvard’s federally funded research programs and intellectual property arising therefrom, including patents.” As a result, the Commerce Department will be “initiating an immediate comprehensive review of the compliance—or lack thereof—of Harvard’s federally funded research programs,” wrote Lutnick.

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