Author: Angela Chen
Prominent genomics researcher J. Craig Venter has been accused of stealing trade secrets by the Human Longevity Institute (HLI), a company he founded in 2013 and left this past May.
Venter is famous for his work in biotech, including sequencing the human genome. He founded the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in 2006 and the for-profit HLI. Though HLI is accusing Venter of sharing proprietary company information, the institute has sued the J. Craig Venter Institute, not the man himself.
Venter is accused of starting an HLI competitor using company secrets
Venter left HLI earlier this year, claiming to have retired, though the company claims he was fired. According to the lawsuit, Venter left with his company computer and “immediately...
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Prominent genomics researcher J. Craig Venter has been accused of stealing trade secrets by the Human Longevity Institute (HLI), a company he founded in 2013 and left this past May.
Venter is famous for his work in biotech, including sequencing the human genome. He founded the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in 2006 and the for-profit HLI. Though HLI is accusing Venter of sharing proprietary company information, the institute has sued the J. Craig Venter Institute, not the man himself.
Venter is accused of starting an HLI competitor using company secrets
Venter left HLI earlier this year, claiming to have retired, though the company claims he was fired. According to the lawsuit, Venter left with his company computer and “immediately...
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