March 9, 2009

HIV Co-Discoverer Goes to Court Over Rights to Potential Cure

Nobel Prize–winning French researcher Luc Montagnier—credited as co-discovering HIV —is being accused of stealing the intellectual property rights to a revolutionary electromagnetic technique that may be used to combat HIV and other diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, The Daily Telegraph reports.

According to the article, Montagnier is engaged in a legal battle with inventor Bruno Robert, who approached him in May 2005 with his work on electromagnetic waves. The following November, Robert registered a patent for a process that would pinpoint illnesses by their electromagnetic signature and potentially block or neutralize them with an opposing signal. A month later, Montagnier requested a patent for the exact biochemical process. The case went to court March 3.

Robert’s lawyer alleges that Montagnier has already admitted that he did not come up with the discovery, adding that the virologist had signed a contract to use Robert’s electromagnetic technique in 2005 in exchange for an annual payment of 100,000 euros per year over a five-year period. Robert says he received no such payment. Montagnier’s lawyer affirms that his client had only signed a “protocol agreement,” which is not legally binding.

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David, Brisbane, Australia, 2009-03-16 21:20:12
I say good on him, he's taking a big risk so that the rest of us can finally have some hope for a cure. Shame on those who oppose him.

cyberian, Minneapolis, 2009-03-12 14:55:01
This guy is 'co-discoverer' of the hiv virus only because it got to hairsplitting who ACTUALLY was the first to research, when the both of them were in regular contact. The fact that this guy applies for a patent a month after Robert did, despite admitting that he did not discover the process (then WHY apply for a patent on it??) just makes this guy look like a crook. It is sad that those affected by HIV will take the hit while this is battled in the courtrooms.

JB, San Antonio, 2009-03-11 03:38:05
I hope this court case does not keep the invention from being tested and or used for a cure for illnesses.

KEITH, Tampa, 2009-03-10 21:14:37
hello if theres chance that theres cure out there. way are we fighting about it in court. lets get it working. then you a$*%%s can fight later who owns it. Im sorry for being so blunt but. did we not go through this with the test to see who is positive back what more than twenty years ago. how many times do we have too go back in time and kick our selfs in the ass to get it right the first time. I have been positive going on twenty one years and I cant beleave that this is still going on

orlando reyes, miami beac, 2009-03-09 19:24:13
this is not the first time he has been accused of stealing someone's work. the guy is a opportunits.