
Samantha Zyontz
Clinical Assistant Professor, Strategy and Innovation
Selected Research Presentations
Zyontz, S. Patents, Innovation, and Access in Plant Biotechnology, Regulating Innovation: The Future of New Genomic Techniques in Europe Potential and Challenges for European Innovation and Competitiveness, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany, 2025
Zyontz, S. Patent Protection and Strategies for CRISPR DNA-Editing Research Tools, • Bringing Medicines to Life: How IP Impacts Innovation in the Life Sciences, EIRA Initiative and Berkeley Policy Institute, Washington, DC, 2025
Zyontz, S. Commercial Regulation and Scientific Brain Drain Evidence from New Genomic Techniques in Agricultural Biotechnology, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2025
Cotter, T. , Deng, F. , Lang, D. , Proctor, W. , Zyontz, S. Panel on Patent Litigation, IP Day, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2025
Zyontz, S. Commercial Regulation and Scientific Brain Drain Evidence from New Genomic Techniques in Agricultural Biotechnology, BioLawLapalooza, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, 2025
Zyontz, S. Commercial Regulation and Scientific Brain Drain Evidence from New Genomic Techniques in Agricultural Biotechnology (Legal Version), Center for Law and the Biosciences, Law and Biosciences Seminar, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, 2025
Zyontz, S. Open science or entrenchment? The role of biological repositories on inter-institutional co-creation, Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, 2024
Jefferson, D. , Coombe, R. , MacDonald, H. Panel on IP and Market Mechanisms (Moderator), Intellectual Property and the Anthropocene, 15th Annual Workshop, Boston University School of Law, 2024
Zyontz, S. Exploring the Institutions of Emerging Technologies: The Case of CRISPR, Ostromian Analysis of Technology and Its Implications Workshop, University of Pittsburgh, 2024
Zyontz, S. Open science or entrenchment? The role of biological repositories on inter-institutional co-creation, • Technology Policy Research Institute Works-in-Progress Seminar, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2023
Zyontz, S. Decomposing the ‘Tacit Knowledge Problem:’ Codification of Knowledge and Access in CRISPR Gene-Editing, College of William & Mary Economics Seminar, Williamsburg, VA, 2023
Zyontz, S. Who Builds on Uncertain Patents? Innovation During the CRISPR Patent Interference Proceedings, • Faculty Workshop, Nebraska Governance and Technology Center, University of Nebraska Law School, Lincoln, NE, 2023
Zyontz, S. Who Builds on Uncertain Patents? Innovation During the CRISPR Patent Interference Proceedings, Faculty Workshop, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Arlington, VA,, 2023
Zyontz, S. Interdisciplinary Inventions and Eligibility: AI Patentability in Life Sciences and IT, Work in Progress, Intellectual Property (WIPIP) Conference, Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, MA, February 2023, 2023