Lisa M. Treannie

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Lisa is a Registered Patent Attorney and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice, specializing in all aspects of domestic and international patent protection. She has extensive experience advising clients with regard to the development and management of their patent portfolios in the U.S. and abroad, with particular attention to the integration of patent strategy with the business focus of the client to create valuable intellectual property assets.

In addition, Lisa’s practice is devoted to the analysis of patent issues in the context of opinions and due diligence, including freedom to operate analyses and opinions regarding patent infringement, scope, validity and enforceability. This experience is often put to use in advising potential investors with due diligence investigations and in advising other clients prior to their acquiring intellectual property assets.

Lisa is the current chair of the firm’s Life Sciences Task Force and editor of Vector, the firm’s quarterly life sciences newsletter. She serves as counsel to many sectors of the life sciences community, including start-ups and established companies, venture capital investors, and research and educational institutions. Lisa’s patent experience encompasses diverse areas of life science technologies, from biologics to medical devices — including molecular biology, genomics and proteomics, immunology, molecular diagnostics and food science.

Prior to her law career Lisa worked as a veterinary technician and conducted drug dosage efficacy studies in the clinical microbiology and pathology departments at Michigan State University; she also worked at the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. Before joining MBBP, Lisa was a partner in the corporate department at Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, and was a shareholder at Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, PC.

Recent Presentations

2010 MBBP Patent Law Discussion Series.

2009 MCLE: Cutting Edge Life Sciences Law & Practice for Transactional and IP Attorneys.

2009 MCLE: Clearing, Registering & Enforcing Trademarks: An overview and mock illustration of navigating the process for non-trademark lawyers.

2009 Article: DDB Technologies: Beware the IP Assignment Clause.