One key problem highlighted by industry interviewees and MNI management is the legal implications of sharing materials that may be encumbered by existing intellectual property rights on tools that have been used in their creation (Rouleau, 2017). This real, but not insurmountable hurdle, has already slowed negotiations with Thermo Fisher. As Guy Rouleau, director of the MNI, said: “The irony is that this is a perfect example of what open science at the MNI seeks to avoid: intellectual property rights over scientific tools that chill research progress, with high social, economic and opportunity costs.”